Publication: Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions
Date
2023-08-02
ISSN
Published
2023-08-02
Author(s)
Ferguson, Scott
Van Ledden, Mathijs
Rubinyi, Steven
Campos, Ana
Doeffinger, Tess
Abstract
This Urban Flood Risk Handbook:
Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions is a roadmap
for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in
the world. It includes practical guidance for a flood risk
assessment project, covering the key hazard and risk
modeling stages as well as the evaluation of different
flood-mitigating infrastructure intervention options and
management of the project. The Handbook has been developed
based on lessons learned from implementing urban flood risk
assessments around the world in a diversity of contexts. It
is intended for a wide variety of practitioners: project
managers, city officials, and anyone else interested in
conducting a strategic study of a city’s flood risk and
developing potential solutions for it. We expect this
Handbook tocontribute to the understanding of urban flood
risk, make this specialized knowledge more accessible to a
wider public, and support the process of building cities
that are not only capable of withstanding floods but also
provide safe, inclusive, and sustainable environments for
all their residents.
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Citation
“Ferguson, Scott; Van Ledden, Mathijs; Rubinyi, Steven; Campos, Ana; Doeffinger, Tess. 2023. Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40141 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”