TY  - THES
TI  - Flood resilient cities? Resilience strategies in flood risk management and urban planning - a case study on Hamburg
AV  - restricted
Y1  - 2012///
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/480/
A1  - Restemeyer, Britta
ID  - theses_frw480
M1  - master
N2  - Globally, the number of damaging flood events has increased throughout the last century. Climate change is likely to add to future flood risk. Particularly cities are at risk. They accommodate a multitude of people, businesses and ecosystems. The global trend of continuous urban growth and a lack of conscientious planning exacerbate urban vulnerability towards flooding.

Traditional flood control measures may not guarantee absolute safety. A risk-based approach that takes the possibility of a flood event into account is increasingly asked for. The concept of resilience, when applied to cities and flooding, is such an approach. 

This thesis improves the understanding of a flood resilient city, and develops a framework how to assess flood resilience strategies in cities. It is tested in a case study on Hamburg. Recommendations for an adaptive process model as well as flexible and robust measures and policy instruments are derived.
ER  -