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...
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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 |