Stockholm International Water Institute » flood http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Next big advance will be in catastrophe resilience http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:24 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/ The 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Prof. Stephen R. Carpenter believes that the need to deal with large catastrophic events such as floods and droughts will make us rethink how or landscapes and institutions are built.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/feed/ 0 Flood Management: Why it Matters for Development and Adaptation Policy http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:15 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/ Our species has always lived with floods. But they remain poorly understood and managed. Floods are part of a natural cycle that can never be fully controlled. Yet, traditional terminology and prevailing attitudes remain focused on a futile and often counter-productive mandate for “flood control”. As Joachim Saalmueller explains, it is time to move towards an integrated approach to flood management to save lives, increase resilience, and take advantage of the benefits to be gained in the floodplain.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

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