Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- How to use the guide -- A summary for policy makers -- Understanding flood hazard -- Understanding flood impacts -- Integrated flood risk management : structural measures -- Integrated flood risk management : non-structural measures -- Evaluating alternative flood risk management options : tools for decision makers -- Implementing integrated flood risk management -- Conclusion: promoting integrated urban flood risk management -- Abbreviations 6 -- Glossary
Summary
Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk management for technical specialists, decision-makers and other concerned stakeholders in the private and community sectors. It covers the causes, probability and impacts of floods; the measures that
