1st Edition
Floods and Drainage British Policies for Hazard Reduction, Agricultural Improvement and Wetland Conservation
By Edmund Penning-Rowsell
Copyright 1986
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1986, Floods and Drainage advanced hazard – response theory as developed mainly by the White/Burton/Kates school of researchers in North America. Based on fifteen years of research, the book rejects conventional theory’s emphasis on personal response to hazardous environments, suggesting that this seriously detracts from the institutional and political forces that are so... Read more
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
1. Flood Alleviation and Agricultural Land Drainage
2. The Institutional Context
3. The Hydrologic, Hydraulic and Hydrographic Analysis of Flooding and Land Drainage Problems
4. The Economics of Flood Alleviation and Land Drainage
5. Environmental Impacts and Conservation Policies
6. Consultation: Power, Interests and Attitudes
7. Fundamentals
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Edmund Penning-Rowsell
