Flood-hazard response in Argentina.

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TextPublication details: New York : American Geographical Society, 1996Description: 20 p. : ill., mapDDC classification:

363.34930982 21

Subject: The frequency of major floods in Argentina appears to be increasing rapidly. At the same time, human vulnerability to flood hazards is gradually rising because of economically induced population movement. The World Bank is assisting the Argentine government in promoting more sustainable flood-alleviation strategies, based on the control of land use in floodplain areas. But many circumstances make the implementation of such an approach highly problematic. The case study demonstrates the value of broad-scale models that emphasize the context of hazard-response decisions as a complex mixture of physical, demographic, political, and economic variables

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.34930982 FLO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900072480

Bibliography: p. 88-90

Reprinted from The geographical review; 1996; Vol. 86, no. 1; p. 72-90

The frequency of major floods in Argentina appears to be increasing rapidly. At the same time, human vulnerability to flood hazards is gradually rising because of economically induced population movement. The World Bank is assisting the Argentine government in promoting more sustainable flood-alleviation strategies, based on the control of land use in floodplain areas. But many circumstances make the implementation of such an approach highly problematic. The case study demonstrates the value of broad-scale models that emphasize the context of hazard-response decisions as a complex mixture of physical, demographic, political, and economic variables

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