Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities

Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities

This World Bank knowledge note describes a benchmarking method developed to track the progress of Pacific Island Countries toward sustainable flood risk management. Twelve benchmarks (or "tracking tools") cover most aspects of a flood ris...

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Main Authors: Yeo, Stephen, Esler, Simone, Taaffe, Felix, Jordy, Denis, Bonte-Grapentin, Michael
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
FLOOD RISK
DISASTER RISK
RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
URBANIZATION
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/421071516106649769/Urban-flood-risk-management-in-the-Pacific-tracking-progress-and-setting-priorities
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spelling okr-10986-292072021-09-11T05:10:39Z Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities Yeo, Stephen Esler, Simone Taaffe, Felix Jordy, Denis Bonte-Grapentin, Michael FLOOD RISK DISASTER RISK RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE URBANIZATION EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY This World Bank knowledge note describes a benchmarking method developed to track the progress of Pacific Island Countries toward sustainable flood risk management. Twelve benchmarks (or "tracking tools") cover most aspects of a flood risk management process including understanding of flood risks, evaluating options to better manage the risk, and implementing an integrated flood risk master plan. The method was used to assess current urban FRM practices in Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, helping to identify gaps in current practice and highlight priorities for advancing flood risk management practice. 2018-01-22T18:10:33Z 2018-01-22T18:10:33Z 2017-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/421071516106649769/Urban-flood-risk-management-in-the-Pacific-tracking-progress-and-setting-priorities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29207 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Oceania Fiji Samoa Solomon Islands Vanuatu
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topic FLOOD RISK
DISASTER RISK
RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
URBANIZATION
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY
spellingShingle FLOOD RISK
DISASTER RISK
RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
URBANIZATION
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY
Yeo, Stephen
Esler, Simone
Taaffe, Felix
Jordy, Denis
Bonte-Grapentin, Michael
Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Oceania
Fiji
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
description This World Bank knowledge note describes a benchmarking method developed to track the progress of Pacific Island Countries toward sustainable flood risk management. Twelve benchmarks (or "tracking tools") cover most aspects of a flood risk management process including understanding of flood risks, evaluating options to better manage the risk, and implementing an integrated flood risk master plan. The method was used to assess current urban FRM practices in Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, helping to identify gaps in current practice and highlight priorities for advancing flood risk management practice.
format Report
author Yeo, Stephen
Esler, Simone
Taaffe, Felix
Jordy, Denis
Bonte-Grapentin, Michael
author_facet Yeo, Stephen
Esler, Simone
Taaffe, Felix
Jordy, Denis
Bonte-Grapentin, Michael
author_sort Yeo, Stephen
title Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities
title_short Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities
title_full Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities
title_fullStr Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities
title_full_unstemmed Urban Flood Risk Management in the Pacific : Tracking Progress and Setting Priorities
title_sort urban flood risk management in the pacific : tracking progress and setting priorities
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/421071516106649769/Urban-flood-risk-management-in-the-Pacific-tracking-progress-and-setting-priorities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29207
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