Delivering and evaluating the multiple flood risk benefits in Blue-Green cities: An interdisciplinary approach

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-124

  Lawson, E ^a   Thorne, C ^a   Ahilan, S ^b   Allen, D ^c   Arthur, S ^c   Everett, G ^d   Fenner, R ^e   Glenis, V ^f   Guan, D ^b   Hoang, L ^e   Kilsby, C ^f   Lamond, J ^d   Mant, J ^g   Maskrey, S ^a   Mount, N ^a   Sleigh, A ^b   Smith, L ^h,i   Wright, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Blue Green Cities; Ecosystem services; Flood risk management; Green infrastructure; Interdisciplinary; Multiple benefits; Pluvial flooding; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD; GREENSPACE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMWATER; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84930327986     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FRIAR140101     Document Type: Article

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