Flood Risk and Community Resilience

ISBN-13: 9781138954472 / Miękka / 2024 / 296 str.

UK) McEwen Lindsey Jo (University of the West of England

Opis

This book details the impact of flooding on our environment, and the ways in which communities, and those that work with them, can act to manage the associated risks.

Spis treści

Chapter 1          Interdisciplinary explorations in communities and their resilience to changing flood risk: an introduction

 

Chapter 2          Different types of floods and diverse communities: interactions, impacts and management at local level

 

Chapter 3          Flood hazard perception, awareness and action: from individual to community?

 

Chapter 4          Different flood knowledges: conflict or integration?

 

Chapter 5          Linking flood heritage and local community resilience

 

Chapter 6          Communicating flood science for community resilience

 

Chapter 7          Flood management strategies and their relation to community awareness and action

 

Chapter 8          Community participation and agency in local flood risk management

 

Chapter 9          Community learning for flood resilience: strategies and pitfalls

 

Chapter 10       Community resilience to flood risk: futures, challenges and opportunities

O autorze

Lindsey McEwen is Professor of Environmental Management and Director of the Centre for Water, Communities and Resilience, at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.