Abstract
A mega-flood in 1998 caused tremendous losses in China and triggered major policy adjustments in floodrisk management. This paper aims to retrospectively examine these policy adjustments and discuss how China should adapt to newly emerging flood challenges.We show that China suffers annually from floods despite large-scale investments and policy adjustments. Rapid urbanization and climate change will exacerbate future flood risk in China, with cascading impacts on other countries through global trade networks. Therefore, novel flood-risk management approaches are required, such as a risk-based urban planning and coordinated water governance systems with public participation, in addition to traditional structural protection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 715-719 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2019 |
Funding
Acknowledgements. This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 41871200, 41730642, 51761135024) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC1503001). Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts and Philip J. Ward received additional support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the form of VICI grant 453.140.006 and VIDI grant 016.161.324, respectively. We are grateful to Anders Levermann at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany, for providing the propagation effect of China’s production loss to the rest of the world.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Directorate for Geosciences | 1852977 |
| National Natural Science Foundation of China | 41730642, 51761135024, 41871200 |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 453.140.006, 016.161.324 |
| National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) | 2017YFC1503001 |
