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The management of riverine flood risk
Author(s) -
Borrows Peter,
de Bruin Dick
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.243
Subject(s) - flood risk management , flood myth , geography , flooding (psychology) , flood prevention , water resource management , drainage , environmental planning , political science , environmental science , archaeology , psychology , ecology , psychotherapist , biology
This paper focuses on the management of flood risk from rivers in low‐lying areas and addresses both urban and rural situations. In many flood‐prone urban areas, protection levels are well below an economically justifiable standard. Management issues are approached under four general headings; planning, technical, operational and institutional. In some areas, flood risk from the sea will also need to be taken into account, but this is not considered further here. Similarly, flooding that results from the inadequacy of urban drainage is also not dealt with. However, both are serious issues that require attention. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.