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Flood risk management in Flanders: from flood risk objectives to appropriate measures through state assessment

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
In compliance with the EU Flood Directive to reduce flood risk, flood risk management objectives are indispensable for the delineation of necessary measures. In Flanders, flood risk management objectives are part of the environmental objectives which are
Verbeke Sven, Devroede Neel
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Improving the active involvement of stakeholders and the public in flood risk management – tools of an involvement strategy and case study results from Austria, Germany and Italy [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2012
The EU Flood Risk Management Directive 2007/60/EC aims at an active involvement of interested parties in the setting up of flood risk management plans and thus calls for more governance-related decision-making. This requirement has two perspectives.
V. Vitale, P. Malvati, G. Koboltschnig, N. Sereinig, T. Stickler, M. Scheibel, F. Flex, S. Greiving, M. Fleischhauer, P. Grifoni, K. Firus   +10 more
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Tayatorn Pongspikul, Alejandro Plastina, Anup Paudel, Chandan Bhattarai, Jennifer Ifft   +5 more
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From flood science to flood policy: The Foresight Future Flooding Project, seven years on. [PDF]

, 2013
The Foresight Future Flooding (FFF) project researched flood risk in the UK to the year 2100 for central government, using scenarios and a national risk assessment model backed by qualitative analysis from panels of some 45 senior scientists. The purpose
Penning-Rowsell, Edmund, Borthwick, Alistair, Evans, EP, Penning-Rowsell, EC, Hall, Jim, Hall, JW, Borthwick, AGL, Evans, Edward   +7 more
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Flood risk management

, 2012
The EU Flood Directive requires member states to develop flood risk management plans by 22nd December 2015. Along the way, member states are required to carry out preliminary flood risk assessments by 22nd December 2011, and detailed flood risk and hazard maps by 22nd December 2013.
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A Global Flood Risk Modeling Framework Built With Climate Models and Machine Learning

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2021
Large scale flood risk analyses are fundamental to many applications requiring national or international overviews of flood risk. While large‐scale climate patterns such as teleconnections and climate change become important at this scale, it remains a ...
David A. Carozza, Mathieu Boudreault
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Integrated washland management for flood defence and biodiversity [PDF]

, 2003
A combination of reform of agricultural policy, changing priorities in the countryside, growing commitment to protect and enhance biodiversity, and concerns about increased flood risk in lowlands have drawn attention to the potential contribution that
Hess, Tim M., Vivash, R. M., Bannister, N., Morris, Joe, Wade, M., Leeds-Harrison, Peter B., Gowing, D. J.   +6 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
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Knowledge of, and response to, upland flash flooding: a case study of flood risk management of the 2005 flash flood in upper Ryedale, North Yorkshire, U.K. [PDF]

, 2012
The dangerous hazard posed by flash flooding to upland communities is likely to increase due to climate change. The flood risk management policy approach has become predominant since the 1990s, with an emphasis on the public awareness of, and responses ...
HOPKINS, JONATHAN
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