Better use and management of levees: Reducing flood risk in a changing climate

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 240-255

  Wenger, Caroline ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Floods; Levees; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBANKMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; LEVEES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE APPROACH; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS; LEVEE CONSTRUCTION; NATIONAL STRATEGIES; POLICY TRANSFER; PROBLEM RECOGNITION;

FLOODS;

EID: 84930579634     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-2014-0060     Document Type: Review

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