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Flood Management and Sustainable Development of Water Resources: The Case of Great Lakes Basin
One challenging issue in flood planning and management is to design and apply integrated approaches to estimate likely future economic, social, and other human vulnerabilities to (and impacts of flood), and to identify desirable options that could be used to reduce these vulnerabilities. Given the uncertainties in flood management, it is difficult to decide which options are effective and desirable. Research on developing well-designed flood management strategies can provide the information and understanding necessary for identifying more effective options and better plans for ensuring regional sustainability. This paper focuses on methodology development for the multi-criteria evaluation of flood management options using the Great Lakes Basin as an example. It starts wivh an introduction of some major concerns about flood management in a context of watershed sustainability. This is followed by an indication of the importance of flood management option evaluation to sustainable water resource development. Then, it presents an integrated assessment (IA) approach to evaluate the performance of alternative flood management options, and to identify more effective and desirable policies. Application of the IA in the case study shows how the approach can be used for identifying the more desirable and effective options
Flood Management and Sustainable Development of Water Resources: The Case of Great Lakes Basin
One challenging issue in flood planning and management is to design and apply integrated approaches to estimate likely future economic, social, and other human vulnerabilities to (and impacts of flood), and to identify desirable options that could be used to reduce these vulnerabilities. Given the uncertainties in flood management, it is difficult to decide which options are effective and desirable. Research on developing well-designed flood management strategies can provide the information and understanding necessary for identifying more effective options and better plans for ensuring regional sustainability. This paper focuses on methodology development for the multi-criteria evaluation of flood management options using the Great Lakes Basin as an example. It starts wivh an introduction of some major concerns about flood management in a context of watershed sustainability. This is followed by an indication of the importance of flood management option evaluation to sustainable water resource development. Then, it presents an integrated assessment (IA) approach to evaluate the performance of alternative flood management options, and to identify more effective and desirable policies. Application of the IA in the case study shows how the approach can be used for identifying the more desirable and effective options
Flood Management and Sustainable Development of Water Resources: The Case of Great Lakes Basin
Yin, Yongyuan (author)
Water International ; 26 ; 197-205
2001-06-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
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