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This book is about increasing the flexibility of adaptation responses in urban flood risk management systems. It will serve as a guide to those who are involved in planning and implementing adaptation responses in an urban context. It is a synthesis of flexible adaptation practices from several disciplines such as information technology methodologies, automobile and aerospace manufacturing and modelling in the financial sector. It elaborates on the flexible adaptation planning process for identifying how and what kind of flexibility is necessary; where flexibility can be incorporated; and when…mehr

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This book is about increasing the flexibility of adaptation responses in urban flood risk management systems. It will serve as a guide to those who are involved in planning and implementing adaptation responses in an urban context. It is a synthesis of flexible adaptation practices from several disciplines such as information technology methodologies, automobile and aerospace manufacturing and modelling in the financial sector. It elaborates on the flexible adaptation planning process for identifying how and what kind of flexibility is necessary; where flexibility can be incorporated; and when is the appropriate time to implement the flexible adaptation responses.
Autorenporträt
Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan comes from an agrarian society in Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University of Madras in 2002 and MSc. degree in Municipal Water and Infrastructure from IHE Delft in 2009. He worked as a design engineer and was involved in the hydraulic design of drinking water distribution networks and bulk water transmission main in various water supply schemes in India. Mohanasundar is now associated with IHE Delft's Flood resilience chair group of Water Science and Engineering Department as a full time PhD student, researching on embedding flexibility in Urban Flood Risk Management systems. His PhD research was funded by Government Of Australia through CRC for Water sensitive cities, a research initiative which brings together the inter-disciplinary research expertise and thought-leadership to undertake research that will revolutionise water management in Australia and overseas.