Assessing the effectiveness of non-structural flood management measures in the Thames Estuary under conditions of socio-economic and environmental change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 628-646

  Dawson, Richard J ^a   Ball, Tom ^b   Werritty, Jonathan ^b   Werritty, Alan ^b   Hall, Jim W ^c   Roche, Nicolas ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Flooding; Insurance; Non structural measures; Planning; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; INCENTIVE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953871179     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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