Managing flood risk in the UK: Towards an integration of social and technical perspectives

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 412-426

  Brown, James D ^a   Damery, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood risk management; Hazard assessment; Societal vulnerability; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036931529     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00063     Document Type: Article

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