Historical assessment of Chinese and Japanese flood management policies and implications for managing future floods

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 265-277

  Luo, Pingping ^a,b,c   He, Bin ^d   Takara, Kaoru ^c   Xiong, Yin E ^e   Nover, Daniel ^f   Duan, Weili ^d   Fukushi, Kensuke ^g  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^e English Teaching Group   (China)

^f US Agency for International Development   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Flood management policy; History; Irrigation; No structure measures; Structure measures

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINESE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM (BARRIER); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LAND USE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84923013217     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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