After sandy: Rethinking flood risk management in Asian coastal megacities

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-103

  Chan, Faith Ka Shun ^a,b   Wright, Nigel ^b,c   Cheng, Xiaotao ^d   Griffiths, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EDITORIAL BOARD; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; MEGACITIES;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MEGACITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84898883352     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000117     Document Type: Review

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