Presents distributed flood risk management as the new paradigm for flood management: devolved responsibilities for risk, such that the public and communities have an important role in flood risk management. Reflects the growing prevalence of major flood disasters as a result of environmental change. Provides students, researchers, professionals and policy-makers with evidence-based practical guidance on how to build community resilience to future flooding disasters.
Presents distributed flood risk management as the new paradigm for flood management: devolved responsibilities for risk, such that the public and comm...
Over 90 per cent of the world population lives in countries that share a river basin with others. Freshwater resources are scarce and different nations, actors and users compete for limited resources in transboundary river basins; often conflicting with each other. Water is a resource with no substitute: it cannot be secured in sufficiently large quantities through long-distance trade deals; and, due to the interconnectivity of the hydrological system, the actions of one country in its water management have a direct bearing on the interests of neighbouring countries. For instance, in the...
Over 90 per cent of the world population lives in countries that share a river basin with others. Freshwater resources are scarce and different nat...
Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres. Pressure on water resources and water management in cities therefore provide major challenges. Despite the importance of the issues, there has been little systematic coverage of the topic in book form.
This work fills a gap in the literature by providing both thematic overviews and case study chapters. It reviews key aspects of why water matters in cities and presents case studies on topics such as groundwater management, green growth and water services, inequalities in water supply, the...
Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres. Pressure on water resources and water management in ...
The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies. But the Mekong is also currently undergoing enormous social, economic, and ecological change of which hydropower development is a significant driver. This book provides a basin-wide analysis of political, socio-economic and environmental perspectives of hydropower development in the Mekong Basin. It includes chapters from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Written by regional experts from some of the region's...
The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundat...
