Urban flood protection benefits: a project appraisal guide.

Bibliography: p.269-276

Includes glossary and index

With contributions from Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, John B. Chatterton and Roger C. Witts

Benefit-cost analysis and urban flood protection; Indirect flood losses: principles, measurement and data; Assessing flood loss potential in manufacturing activities; Assessing flood loss potential in retail, distribution, office and leisure service businesses; Assessing the potential costs of traffic disrupted by floods; Assessing the potential costs of utility flooding disruption; Assessing the impacts of flooding on public services; Assessing the impacts of flooding on households; Assessing the marginal costs of emergency services during floods; Applications and comparisons of selected assessment methods; Lincoln case study