Integrated River Basin Management for Effective Flood Risk Reduction
Integrated River Basin Management for Effective Flood Risk Reduction
Integrated River Basin Management for Effective Flood Risk Reduction
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<strong>Integrated</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Basin</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>for</strong><strong>Effective</strong> <strong>Flood</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Reduction</strong>Author(s) : Phong Tran and Rajib ShawConsultant, United Nations International Strategy <strong>for</strong> Disaster <strong>Reduction</strong>,ThailandAssociate Processor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, JapanAbout the BookThis invaluable book describes innovative findings of integrated river basin managementwith specific emphasis on flood risk reduction.This book also presents themethod and application of the participatory GIS and remote sensing <strong>for</strong> disasterrisk assessment, which is one of the pioneering approaches in the field of floodrisk and river basin management.An integrated model <strong>for</strong> flood risk reductiondeveloped in this book can be applicable to other regions with similar context.This highly original research in this book tackles the issue of how people atcommunity level deal with severely increased disaster impacts, and how the largermacro political economy encounters this dilemma phenomenon, and the options<strong>for</strong> amelioration within the context of developing countries.There are three maintopics in the book:(i) examine the disaster and environment linkages at local context,(ii) analyze the common perceptions and scientific evidences of those linkages; and(iii) assess the impact of the disaster on environment and socio-economy andrecommend the solutions to sustainably reduce the adverse disaster impacts.ISBN : 978-981-08-2427-3(hardbound)Page : 314ppYear : 2009Price : US$48 / €37Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 2. DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT LITERATURE REVIEWCHAPTER 3. DISASTER, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT LINKAGESCHAPTER 4. CONTEXT OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN VIET NAMCHAPTER 5. CONTEXT OF THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCECHAPTER 6. DRR OPERATION ASSESSMENTCHAPTER 7. FOREST COVER AND CATASTROPHIC FLOOD LINKAGESCHAPTER 8.ANNUAL FLOOD IMPACT: ISSUE IN COASTAL AREASCHAPTER 9. PARTICIPATORY FLOOD RISK MAPPINGCHAPTER 10. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONFull length contents available at:www.rpsonline.com.sg/books/irbm_cont.htmlReadership: Researchers, Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, Practitioners, Policy makers, particularly in the fieldsof natural resource management and disaster risk reduction, NGOs, Professionals, Practitioners and the Local governments.http://www.rpsonline.rpsonline.com.sg/books/irbm.html.com.sg/books/irbm.html
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