Chapter 14 Integrated management of urban flooding for climate change adaptation in developing countries

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) IPCC (2007) projects that greater precipitation intensity and variability will increase the risks of flooding in many areas because of climate change. With climate change already happening, societies worldwide face the parallel challenge of having to adapt to its impacts as a certain degree of climate change is inevitable throughout this century and beyond, even if global mitigation efforts over the next decades prove successful (European Commission, 2007).

Citation

Ishiwatari, M. (2010), "Chapter 14 Integrated management of urban flooding for climate change adaptation in developing countries", Shaw, R., Pulhin, J.M. and Jacqueline Pereira, J. (Ed.) Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 305-323. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004020