Disconnected policies and actors and the missing role of spatial planning throughout the risk management cycle

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1445-1474

  Sapountzaki, Kalliopi ^a,b   Wanczura, Sylvia ^c   Casertano, Gabriella ^d   Greiving, Stefan ^e   Xanthopoulos, Gavriil ^f   Ferrara, Floriana F ^g  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b Institute of Fire Service and Rescue Technologies Fire Department of Dortmund ^*  (Greece)

^c Institute of Fire Service and Rescue Technologies Fire Department of Dortmund   (Germany)

^d DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^e TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^g T6 Ecosystems Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flash flood risk; Flood risk management in Germany; Forest fire risk; Forest fires of the Mediterranean region; Risk management; Risk management funding; Risk management structures; Risk mitigation spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; FLASH FLOOD; FOREST FIRE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ATTICA; DORTMUND; GERMANY; GREECE; ITALY; LAZIO; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 80355147082     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9843-3     Document Type: Article

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