Process design and management for integrated flood risk management: Exploring the multi-layer safety approach for Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-115

  van Herk, Sebastiaan ^a,b,c   Zevenbergen, Chris ^a,c   Gersonius, Berry ^c   Waals, Hans ^d   Kelder, Ellen ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Bax Willems Consulting Venturing   (Spain)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d Waterschap Hollandse Delta ^*  (Netherlands)

^e Gemeente Dordrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaborative planning; Flood management; Integration; Multi layer safety

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; INTEGRATION; PROCESS DESIGN;

COLLABORATIVE PLANNING; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DORDRECHT; NETHERLANDS; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84898078292     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2013.171     Document Type: Article

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