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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Berry GersoniusPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 0.317kg ISBN: 9780415624855ISBN 10: 0415624851 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 16 May 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction and Overview; 2 Definition and assessment of resilience for socio-technical systems; 3 Adaptive Policy Making; 4 Real In Options; 5 Comparing Real In Options and Net Present Value; 6 Adaptation Tipping Point - Adaptation Mainstreaming Opportunity; 7 Comparing Real In Options and Adaptation Tipping Points; 8 Conclusions and recommendations; 9 BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationBerry Gersonius (MSc in Civil Engineering, specialisation in Water Infrastructure Planning) is lecturer in Urban Flood Resilience at UNESCO-IHE. The scope of his work covers education and research in the field of climate change adaptation and urban flood (risk) management. In 2008, he started a PhD study, entitled ‘Beyond a stationary hydrology: the resilience approach to the adaptation of flooding systems to climate change’. His main research interest is the operationalisation of resilience in context of urban flood (risk) management and climate change adaptation. He has been involved with a number of (practical) research projects, including Water Robust Building, Urban Flood Management, and the project Integrated Urban Water System Interactions that is part of UNESCO - IHP VI. Currently he is involved in the European Interreg IVB project MARE and FP7 project FloodProbe. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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