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  • WATER PLANNING IN BRITAIN
    DENNIS J. PARKER / EDMUND C. PENNING-ROWSELL
    Originally published in 1980, this book provides a penetrating and scholarly analysis of the planning of water resources, based on 10 years’ of research into one of Britain’s most vital industries. At the time of original publication Britain had a plentiful natural supply of water, but accessible clean water was scarce; droughts were not uncommon, floods often caused considerab...

    $840.00

  • ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND RESILIENCE
    PARKER, DENNIS J. AND PENNING-ROWSELL, EDMUND C.
    Building resilience to the world’s increasingly damaging environmental hazards has become a priority. This book considers the scientific advances which have been made around the world to enhance this resilience. Although resilience is not new, it is through the idea of resilience that governments, organisations, and communities around the world are now seeking to address the ra...

    $1,200.00

  • FLOODS
    DENNIS J. PARKER
    Floods occur in most parts of the world and range from being welcomed annual occurrences, to natural disasters which have countless physical and societal impacts. Floods presents the most comprehensive collection to date of new research, providing a rich body of theory and experience and drawing together contributions from over fifty leading international researchers in the fie...

    $19,500.00

  • FLOOD AND COASTAL EROSION RISK MANAGEMENT
    EDMUND PENNING-ROWSELL / SALLY PRIEST / DENNIS PARKER / JOE MORRIS / SYLVIA TUNSTALL / CHRISTOPHE VIAVATT
    A new ‘Multi-Coloured Manual' This book is a successor to and replacement for the highly respected manual and handbook on the benefits of flood and coastal risk management, produced by the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University, UK, with support from Defra and the Environment Agency. It builds upon a previous book known as the "multi-coloured manual" (2005), which...

    $1,380.00

  • HAZARD MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY PLANNING
    DENNIS PARKER / JOHN HANDMER
    This book assesses critically the British approach to hazard management and emergency planning. It identifies the principal legal, organizational and cultural impediments to more effective hazard management and emergency planning, postulates explanations for the shortcomings in the British approach and examines a number of promising avenues for improving current practice. It co...

    $1,320.00