Flood disaster in Taihu Basin, China: Causal chain and policy option analyses

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1119-1124

  Liang, Wang ^a,b   Yongli, Cai ^b   Hongquan, Chen ^a   Daler, Dag ^c   Jingmin, Zhao ^b   Juan, Yang ^b  

^a YANCHENG TEACHERS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Global International Waters Assessment GIWA GIWA Core Team UNEP GIWA Co ordination Office   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causal chain analysis (CCA); Flood disaster; Policy option analysis (POA); Taihu Basin

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL CHAINS; DENSELY POPULATED REGIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC LOSS; FLOOD DISASTER; NATIONAL POLICIES; POLICY OPTION ANALYSIS (POA); POLICY OPTIONS; ROOT CAUSE; TAIHU BASIN; TAIHU LAKES; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

LOSSES;

LAKES;

COASTAL ZONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; TAIHU BASIN;

EID: 79958237905     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0786-x     Document Type: Article

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