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type: thesis
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creators_name: Restemeyer, Britta
title: Flood resilient cities? Resilience strategies in flood risk management and urban planning - a case study on Hamburg
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abstract: 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.
date: 2012
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Woltjer, Johan
keywords_local: Resilience, resilient cities, urban planning, flood risk man
keywords_local: strategies
language_iso: en
titleorder: Flood resilient cities? Resilience strategies in flood risk management and urban planning - a case study on Hamburg
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2012-01-01
citation:   Restemeyer, Britta  (2012) Flood resilient cities? Resilience strategies in flood risk management and urban planning - a case study on Hamburg.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/480/1/ma_britta_restemeyer.pdf