Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi

Titel

Integrated Flood Risk Management: Basic Concepts and the Japanese Experience

Auflage

1st

Ort / Verlag

Milton: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This book tackles the question of how we can manage flood-related disaster risk such as of floods, landslides, debris flows and storm surges, that have been intensified by increasing exposure, societal vulnerability and climate change and have been generating unprecedented disasters worldwide. It presents recent conceptual developments in disasters, risk and resilience, and surveys UN policies on environment and development as well as disaster management. Sustainable and resilient development requires an integrated approach and human empowerment. Japan provides a useful example of effective flood management and disaster recovery in its current strategies for river and basin integrated flood management. Very few English-language books offer up-to-date Japanese experience in the context of global trends for students and professionals relevant to a time of climate change and for global application. Integrated approach requires flood risk management as part of societal development involving all stakeholders of all sectors and disciplines especially in relation to land and water management. The current Japanese exercise in hazard maps, early warning and evacuation, for example, demonstrates the importance of integrated efforts of public-help, mutual help and self-help with scientific knowledge, political will, administrative commitment, news media, community initiatives, etc. Integrated Flood Risk Management is an ideal textbook for professionals working for public works and environmental protection, hydrologists and engineers, as well as students of disaster management and water resources development.