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The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) has made a policy brief on cities flood resilience, based on recommendations of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers and colleagues from other institutions.

The policy briefs of the IWRA aim to provide high quality analysis and practical recommendations for policy makers on important development issues. This particular brief is called  (pdf) and is based on a  of the academic journal Water International, written by an interdisciplinary group of scholars from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and other institutions. 

Different disciplinary backgrounds

All contributions to this special issue shared a focus on individual homeowners’ responses to flood risks, mainly river floods and flash floods. This was a unique and innovative perspective, which was approached from different disciplinary backgrounds – covering engineering, geography, planning, policy and legal approaches.

Guest editors of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ were Willemijn van Doorn - Hoekveld and Marleen van Rijswick, together with Thomas Hartmann (Wageningen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ & Research) and Tejo Spit (recently Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, now emeritus)