Screen LibraryFlood risk : the holistic perspective : from integrated to interactive planning for flood resilience /
According to the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), over the last seventy years, floods have shown the fastest rate of increase relative to any other type of disasters. Devastation due to these events occurs almost daily. Even though our technological capabilities for dealing with floods have...
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IWA Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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According to the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), over the last seventy years, floods have shown the fastest rate of increase relative to any other type of disasters. Devastation due to these events occurs almost daily. Even though our technological capabilities for dealing with floods have advanced rapidly over the same period, and while global economic growth per capita has doubled, flood events have become ever more disastrous. Does this mean that our technological developments have advanced independently from the social and wider ecological needs? Flood Risk: The Holistic Perspe |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780405322 (Hardback) : 1780405324 (Hardback) |
| CLC: | TV87 |
| Call Number: | TV87/V898 |