Floods: from risk to opportunity - IAHS redbook

This volume of papers selected from the International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5) and by international authors, covers various aspects of the "from risk to opportunity" concept, such as flood risk management, disaster management, forecasting and early warning, and management in different regions, and includes the ICFM5 statement.

It includes forty-nine peer-reviewed papers in five chapters as follows: (i) introductory paper on floods - from risk to opportunity and ICFM5 declaration; (ii) flood risk management (prevention, mitigation and adaptation); (iii) flood disaster management (preparedness, emergency response and recovery); (iv) flood forecasting and early warning systems; and (v) flood management in different climate conditions and geographic zones.