Strategic flood management: ten ‘golden rules’ to guide a sound approach

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-151

  Sayers, Paul ^a,b   Galloway, Gerry ^c   Penning Rowsell, Edmund ^b,d   Yuanyuan, Li ^e   Fuxin, Shen ^e   Yiwei, Chen ^e   Kang, Wen ^f   Le Quesne, Tom ^g   Wang, Lei ^h   Guan, Yuhui ^h  

^a University of Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^f NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^g WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

^h WWF China   (China)

Author keywords

international case study; opportunity; principles; risk; River basin management; strategic flood risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929290982     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2014.902378     Document Type: Article

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