References
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305900615000628
Maria Francesch-Huidobro, Marcin Dabrowski, Yuting Tai, Faith Chan, Dominis Stead
Governance Challenges of flood-prone delta cities: Integrating flood risk management
and climate change in spatial planning. (3 Nov, 2015)
Introduction
Objective
Methodology
Location
Annual Precipitation
1400-3300 mm
Delta typology
Tidal/wave dominant
Tidal influence
1-1.4 m
Population
7.2 million
Flood sources
Causes
Effects
Trade disruption
Failure of mass transit railway system
Spoil fish ponds and agricultural land
Inland flooding
LEVEL
AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Hong Kong
Observatory (HKO)
Municipal/ Regional
Pearl River Delta
Weather forecasting
Drainage Services
Department (DSD)
Municipal
Drainage and
sewages
infrastructure
Construction and
maintenance of sea
and river walls
Planning
Department (PD)
Municipal
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0
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1
Conclusion
Responses include large scale, hard engineering, and
technically oriented flood protection schemes.
There are
agencies.
emergency
relief
plans
with
other
Recommendation
My Opinion
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