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DOI	10.2166/wcc.2013.018
	Appraising sustainable flood risk management in the Pearl River Delta's coastal megacities: A case study of Hong Kong; China
	Chan F.K.S.; Adekola O.A.; Mitchell G.; McDonald A.T.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	20402244
起始页码	390
结束页码	409
卷号	4 期号:4
英文摘要	The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region has experienced rapid economic and population growth in the last three decades. The delta includes coastal megacities, such as Hong Kong. These low-lying urbanised coastal regions in the PRD are vulnerable to flood risks from unpredictable climatic conditions. These can result in increasing storm surges, rising sea level and intensified rainstorms causing coastal and inland flooding, all of which impact the delta. This paper has taken the coastal megacity of Hong Kong as a case, focusing on two study sites: Shenzhen River and Tai O town, chosen for their peculiar inland and coastal flood problems. A sustainable flood risk appraisal (SFRA) template was developed against which sustainable flood risk management (FRM) practices in these sites were benchmarked. Thirty-eight stakeholders were interviewed during this research in order to understand the current FRM practices, their barriers and their constraints. It was found that FRM in the case study currently focuses on hard engineering, while neglecting other important sustainability indicators. A SFRA practice that takes public participation, equity of flood preparedness and environmental friendly into account could be effective in achieving sustainable flood risk mitigation practices in Hong Kong and other coastal cities in the PRD. © IWA Publishing 2013.
英文关键词	Climate change; Hong Kong; Sea level rise; Stakeholders; Sustainable flood risk management
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Flood control; Population statistics; Risk management; Rivers; Sea level; Storms; Sustainable development; Climatic conditions; Environmental-friendly; Flood risk management; Hong-kong; Public participation; Sea level rise; Stakeholders; Sustainability indicators; Floods; climate change; coastal zone; flood control; local participation; megacity; risk assessment; sea level change; stakeholder; sustainability; China; Guangdong; Hong Kong; Zhujiang Delta
来源期刊	Journal of Water and Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148328
作者单位	School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, United Kingdom; Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo 315100, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chan F.K.S.,Adekola O.A.,Mitchell G.,et al. Appraising sustainable flood risk management in the Pearl River Delta's coastal megacities: A case study of Hong Kong; China[J],2013,4(4).
APA	Chan F.K.S.,Adekola O.A.,Mitchell G.,&McDonald A.T..(2013).Appraising sustainable flood risk management in the Pearl River Delta's coastal megacities: A case study of Hong Kong; China.Journal of Water and Climate Change,4(4).
MLA	Chan F.K.S.,et al."Appraising sustainable flood risk management in the Pearl River Delta's coastal megacities: A case study of Hong Kong; China".Journal of Water and Climate Change 4.4(2013).