Lessons from flood early warning systems

Jan Cools, Demetrio Innocenti and O’Brien, Sarah

Environmental Science & Policy, 2016, vol. 58, issue C, 117-122

Abstract: Success stories from the developed and developing world show that EWS are a useful tool to save lives, prevent damage and enhance the resilience of a society. Despite the substantial technical progress, from an operational point of view, major challenges remain to achieve the potential benefits of EWS, in particular in communicating risk information and early warnings to emergency services and the population at-risk and consequently trigger response actions.

Keywords: Early warning systems; Flood; Climate change adaptation; Emergency response; Risk communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.01.006

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