Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods - The Role of Policies and Governance

Summary

This book focuses on policies and governance on how to build the resilience of cities to droughts and floods. There are discussions on how cities prepare for, cope with, learn from, manage, and recover from these extreme events. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development

Product details

• Authors: Cecilia (National University of Singapo Tortajada, Cecilia Horne Tortajada
• Assisted by: Larry Harrington (Editor), James Horne (Editor), Horne James (Editor), Cecilia Tortajada (Editor), Tortajada Cecilia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367583279
• ISBN: 978-0-367-58327-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; NATURE / Ecology, NATURE / Natural Disasters, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Environmental Management, Environmental policy & protocols, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Flood Control, Environmental policy and protocols