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Flood risk management through a resilience lens

Karin de Bruijn, Bramka Arga Jafino, Bruno Merz, Neelke Doorn, Sally Priest, Ruben Dahm, Chris Zevenbergen, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Tina Comes

2022Communications Earth & Environment43 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

To prevent floods from becoming disasters, social vulnerability must be integrated into flood risk management. We advocate that the welfare of different societal groups should be included by adding recovery capacity, impacts of beyond-design events, and distributional impacts. To prevent floods from becoming disasters, social vulnerability must be integrated into flood risk management. This Comment advocates that the welfare of different societal groups should be included by adding recovery capacity, impacts of beyond-design events, and distributional impacts.

Topics & Concepts

Flood mythVulnerability (computing)Flood risk managementResilience (materials science)Emergency managementRisk managementPsychological resilienceSocial vulnerabilityWelfareEnvironmental planningBusinessEnvironmental resource managementRisk analysis (engineering)GeographyPolitical scienceEconomicsEconomic growthComputer sciencePsychologyComputer securityFinanceSocial psychologyLawArchaeologyPhysicsThermodynamicsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementAgricultural risk and resilienceDisaster Management and Resilience
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