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New Insights into the Appraisal of Flood‐Alleviation Benefits: (2) the Broader Context
Author(s) -
PenningRowsell E. C.,
Green C.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00273.x
Subject(s) - flood myth , context (archaeology) , environmental planning , investment (military) , key (lock) , process (computing) , business , environmental resource management , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental science , geography , computer science , political science , computer security , archaeology , politics , law , operating system
During the last twenty‐five years, new approaches to the appraisal of flood‐alleviation investment have developed. This paper (a) identifies some of the key data inputs to this process, (b) evaluates the impact of these on decision choices, and (c) explores the issues concerning the relationship between flood losses and flood probability.