Shifting to ecological engineering in flood management: Introducing new uncertainties in the development of a Building with Nature pilot project

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-99

  van den Hoek, R E ^a   Brugnach, M ^a   Hoekstra, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Building with Nature; Ecological engineering; Flood management; Uncertainty; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; LEGAL ASPECT; NATURAL SCIENCE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84864071471     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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