Justice and flood risk management: reflecting on different approaches to distribute and allocate flood risk management in Europe

Natural Hazards

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 129-147

  Thaler, Thomas ^a,b   Hartmann, Thomas ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation; Distribution; Flood risk management; Justice; Policy; Property rights

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FLOOD CONTROL; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRIA; ENGLAND; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84961659742     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2305-1     Document Type: Article

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