Flood Resilience of Private Properties

ISBN-13: 9780367617691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 158 str.

Thomas Hartmann; Willemijn Van Doorn-Hoekveld; Helena F. M. W. Van Rijswick

Opis

Flood Resilience of Private Properties examines the division and balance of responsibilities between the public and the private when discussing flood resilience of private properties.

Spis treści

Introduction: Increasing flood risk asks for new approaches  1. The levee effect along the Jamuna River in Bangladesh  2. Managing flood risk in shrinking cities: dilemmas for urban development from the Central European perspective  3. The effects of tailor-made flood risk advice for homeowners in Flanders, Belgium  4. More than a one-size-fits-all approach – tailoring flood risk communication to plural residents’ perspectives  5. Deconstructing the legal framework for flood protection in Austria: individual and state responsibilities from a planning perspective  6. Too much water, not enough water: planning and property rights considerations for linking flood management and groundwater recharge  7. Dealing with distributional effects of flood risk management in China. Compensation mechanisms in flood retention areas  8. Sticks and carrots for reducing property-level risks from floods: an EU–US comparative perspective