After Sandy: Rethinking Flood Risk Management in Asian Coastal Megacities

Author:

Chan Faith Ka Shun1,Wright Nigel2,Cheng Xiaotao3,Griffiths James4

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geographical Sciences, Univ. of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Rd., Ningbo 315100, China; and Research Associate, School of Geography, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, U.K. (corresponding author).

2. Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, U.K; and Professor, UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education, P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, Netherlands.

3. Professor, Dept. of Water Hazard Research, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Beijing 100038, China.

4. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geographical Sciences, Univ. of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Rd., Ningbo 315100, China.

Publisher

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Subject

General Social Sciences,General Environmental Science,Civil and Structural Engineering

Reference30 articles.

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3. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). (2012). “Storm Sandy to cost Lloyd’s of London up to $2.5 billion.” 〈http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20779947〉 (Dec. 19 2012).

4. China Central Television (CCTV). (2012). “Sandy’s hit is hard to gauge for economists.” 〈http://english.cntv.cn/20121101/104396.shtml〉 (Nov. 5 2012).

5. Flood Risk in Asia’s Urban Mega-deltas

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