Legal and institutional aspects of integrated flood management
This publication examines the role of (water) law in the context of Integrated Flood Management. The result is a panoramic study of the necessary interfaces in this subject area, with a view to identifying best practices that might be studied in more depth. The final product has been primarily developed for, and is aimed at, the frontline, that is, those responsible for developing IFM – policymakers, flood managers and legal experts. All of these players are invited by this work to “think outside the box” and engage more proactively across disciplines and beyond their single sectors.
This publication forms part of the Flood Management Policy Series published within the framework of the WMO/GWP Associated Programme on Flood Management. The series comprises publications on various aspects of flood management policy, including economic, environmental, legal and institutional, and social aspects. The series is based on expert groups formed for each publication to guide and advise the preparation process, and on a wide review and consultation process in the framework of conferences and direct correspondence with leading sector professionals in the area of natural resource management and development policy.
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