Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 675-688

  McEwen, Lindsey ^a   Jones, Owain ^a  

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

Author keywords

Community resilience; Flood memory; Flood risk; Governance; Local knowledge; Planning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISKS; GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; KNOWLEDGE TYPES; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PLANNING;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENGLAND; GLOUCESTERSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870813782     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.022     Document Type: Article

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