The identity approach for assessing socio-technical resilience to climate change: Example of flood risk management for the Island of Dordrecht

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2139-2146

  Gersonius, B ^a   Ashley, R ^a   Zevenbergen, C ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD;

DORDRECHT; NETHERLANDS; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84863822939     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2139-2012     Document Type: Article

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