Understanding the Regional Dynamics of Vulnerability: A Historical Approach to the Flood Problem in China (IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project)

by Guoyi Han, Ying Li, and Peijun Shi

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This book presents a detailed regional study of the Dongting Lake Area and explores potential avenues and challenges for future flood risk management in China.Focusing on dynamic changes in regional vulnerability to flooding and its relevance for flood risk management, it proposes a new construct of vulnerability based on the co-variance between the negative (exposure) and positive (response capacity) components. Further, it develops an historical approach, including trajectory analysis and a typology of vulnerability, offering insights into the regional dynamics of change. It is a valuable resource for disaster risk researchers and graduate students as well as flood management practitioners and policy-makers.
Guoyi Han is a senior research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden; both Associate Professor Ying Li and Professor Peijun Shi work at the Beijing Normal University in China.
  • ISBN13 9783662537640
  • Publish Date 11 January 2023
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country DE
  • Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Edition 1st ed. 2023
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 150
  • Language English