Applying the OECD Principles on Water Governance to Floods A Checklist for Action
This report uses the OECD Principles on Water Governance as a tool for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue and practical assessment of the performance of flood governance systems. It applies the Principles to flood-prone contexts to help strengthen governance frameworks for managing the risks of "...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2019
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| Series: | OECD Studies on Water
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This report uses the OECD Principles on Water Governance as a tool for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue and practical assessment of the performance of flood governance systems. It applies the Principles to flood-prone contexts to help strengthen governance frameworks for managing the risks of "too much" water. By 2050, 1.6 billion people will be at risk of flooding, affecting nearly 20% of the world's population at an increasing rate and many times over with dire social, economic and environmental consequences. In this report, a checklist is proposed as a self-assessment tool for stakeholders in flood management, based on lessons learned from 27 case studies that feature practical experiences and highlight common features and key challenges in flood governance |
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| Physical Description: | 140 p. 21 x 28cm |
| ISBN: | 9789264543676 9789264355637 9789264553392 |