Sustainable flood memories, informal knowledge and the development of community resilience to future flood risk

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 159, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-264

  McEwen, L J ^a   Krause, F ^b   Jones, O ^a   Garde Hansen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity community engagement; Flood risk; Informal knowledge; Resilience; Sustainable flood memory

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865537140     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FRIAR120211     Document Type: Article

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