Brief communication: Rethinking the 1998 China floods to prepare for a nonstationary future
<p>A mega-flood in 1998 caused tremendous losses in China and triggered major policy adjustments in flood-risk management. This paper aims to retrospectively examine these policy adjustments and discuss how China should adapt to newly emerging flood challenges. We show that China suffers annua...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/19/715/2019/nhess-19-715-2019.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>A mega-flood in 1998 caused tremendous losses in China
and triggered major policy adjustments in flood-risk management. This paper
aims to retrospectively examine these policy adjustments and discuss how
China should adapt to newly emerging flood challenges. We show that China
suffers annually from floods despite large-scale investments and policy
adjustments. Rapid urbanization and climate change will exacerbate future
flood risk in China, with cascading impacts on other countries through
global trade networks. Therefore, novel flood-risk management approaches are
required, such as a risk-based urban planning and coordinated water
governance systems with public participation, in addition to traditional
structural protection.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1561-8633 1684-9981 |