ID - 131765239 TI - Floods. PY - 2017 SN - 9780081023846 0081023847 1785482696 9781785482694 9781785482694 PB - London : Oxford : ISTE Press Limited ; Elsevier Limited, DB - UniCat KW - Geology. Earth sciences KW - Flood control. KW - Flood damage prevention. KW - Floods KW - Risk management. KW - Flood forecasting. KW - Risk assessment. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131765239 AB - This book discusses flood risk knowledge tools and the efforts of international institutions to prioritize risk reduction, disaster costs, potential flood zone development, prevention, existing policies, and mitigation tools such as: the construction of protective structures, the reduction of vulnerability, land use planning, the improvement of crisis management, etc. Also discusses adaptation through post-flood reconstruction and integrating disaster risk reduction measures. ER -