Clumsy Floodplains: Responsive Land Policy for Extreme Floods

by Thomas Hartmann

Book Overview

Extreme floods cause enormous damage in floodplains, which levees cannot prevent. Therefore, it is vital for spatial planning to provide space for water retention in these areas. Land use planners, water management agencies, landowners, and policymakers all agree on this challenge, but attempts to make the space for rivers to provide retention are generally not very successful. Adopting an innovative interdisciplinary approach, this book examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138252026
• ISBN13: 9781138252028
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"