Catastrophic floods - hidden vulnerability of mega cities
This booklet considers historical lessons in flood management, weather forecasting, the prediction of urban flooding, and community participation in flood loss reduction. Issues relating to evacuation of pedestrians and underground railway infrastructure are described.
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Corporate Authors:
United Nations University Press
United Nations University, 53-70 Jingumae, 5-chome Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, Japan 150-8925 -
Authors:
- HERATH, S (
- Publication Date: 2004-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 50p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evacuation; Floods; Incident management; Planning; Regional planning; Subways; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Europe; Japan
- ITRD Terms: 8034: Europe; 9152: Evacuation; 1683: Explosion (tyre); 2569: Flooding; 8053: Japan; 143: Planning; 359: Regional planning; 1191: Underground railway; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01131843
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: TRL
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jul 2 2009 7:40AM