Cities and flooding : a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century /
Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk management for technical specialists, decision-makers and other concerned stakeholders in the private and community sectors. It covers the causes, probability and impacts of floods. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (631 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780821394779 (electronic bk.) 0821394770 (electronic bk.) 6613491942 9786613491947 128349194X 9781283491945 |