A theory on urban resilience to floods-A basis for alternative planning practices

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Liao, Kuei Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flood adaptation; Flood control; Flood hazard management; Resilience surrogate; Resilience based management; Resilient cities; Urban floodplains; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING THEORY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84871963158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05231-170448     Document Type: Article

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