Collaborative research to support transition towards integrating flood risk management in urban development

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-317

  van Herk, S ^a,b   Zevenbergen, C ^a,c   Rijke, J ^c   Ashley, R ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Bax Willems Consulting Venturing   (Spain)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; Flood risk management; Social learning; Transition; Urban development

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 81155148749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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