Rethinking Flood Risk
Author:   Stuart Lane (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) ,  Brian R. Cook (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
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Author:   Stuart Lane (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) ,  Brian R. Cook (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
ISBN:  

9781849711869


ISBN 10:   1849711860
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Changing Flood Risk 3. Flood Risk: the Classical View of Flood Hazard 4. Flood Risk: the Classical View of Flood Vulnerabilities 5. Rethinking Flood Hazard 6. Rethinking Flood Vulnerability 7. Flood Risk: a Complex View 8. Predicting Complex Flood Risk 9. Managing Complex Flood Risk 10. Conclusions

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Stuart Lane has been Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Lausanne since February 2011. He is a geographer with some training in civil engineering. He has won many prizes for his research, concerned with modelling and remote sensing of river flow, sediment and solute transport, river ecology and floods. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Brian Cook is Assistant Professor at the Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Formally a Post Doctorate Researcher at the IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee (under the auspices of UNESCO), his work focuses on the prevailing knowledges and conceptualisations that inform and contest water, flood and risk management in both the global North and South.

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