What is it about?
Developing infrastructure is an effective investment to mitigate flood damage. Flood protection system substantially mitigated damage in Tokyo. Japan has invested in flood protection and increased its resilience to floods.
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Why is it important?
This case shows the effectiveness of investment in flood protection.
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This page is a summary of: Effectiveness of investing in flood protection in metropolitan areas: lessons from 2019 Typhoon Hagibis in Japan, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, April 2021, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijdrbe-07-2020-0081.
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