3. Towards risk reduction
Risk management is often seen as a systematic process for assessing and implementing the strategies needed to reduce the impacts of natural hazards on society, as well as to improve the coping capacities of affected communities; moreover, it often appears as a cycle comprising:
a response to the disaster during or immediately after its occurrence;
a recovery process;
risk reduction, aimed primarily at preventing or reducing the damage caused
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Bibliography
Software tools
XBeach http://oss.deltares.nl/web/xbeach/
SWAN http://citg.tudelft.nl/index.php?id=17787=1
Delft3D suite http://delftsoftware.wldelft.nl
...Websites
MICORE project http://www.micore.eu
ConHaz project http://www.conhaz.org
FLOODsite project http://www.floodsite.net
Regulations
Directive 2007/60/EC establishing a framework for the assessment and management of flood risks. Official Journal n° L 288 of 23/10/2007.
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. Official Journal L 206 of 22/07/1992, p. 7.
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