Brief communication: Rethinking the 1998 China floods  to prepare for a nonstationary future

Du, Shiqiang; Cheng, Xiaotao; Huang, Qingxu; Chen, Ruishan; Ward, Philip J.; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-715-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-715-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-715-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

Brief communication

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02 Apr 2019

Brief communication |

| 02 Apr 2019

Brief communication: Rethinking the 1998 China floods to prepare for a nonstationary future

Shiqiang Du, Xiaotao Cheng, Qingxu Huang, Ruishan Chen, Philip J. Ward, and Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

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RC1: 'Brief communication: Rethinking the 1998 China flood to prepare for a', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'The author's responses to the comments provided by Anonymous Referee 1', Shiqiang Du, 18 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Feb 2019
- AC2: 'The author's responses to the comments provided by Anonymous Referee 2', Shiqiang Du, 18 Mar 2019
AC3: 'Author's response and tracked revisions', Shiqiang Du, 18 Mar 2019
AC4: 'A clean version of the revised manuscript is attached', Shiqiang Du, 18 Mar 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Mar 2019) by Sven Fuchs

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A mega-flood in 1998 caused tremendous losses in China and triggered major policy adjustments in flood-risk management. This paper rethinks these policy adjustments and discusses how China should adapt to newly emerging flood challenges. We suggest that China needs novel flood-risk management approaches to address the new challenges from rapid urbanization and climate change. These include risk-based urban planning and a coordinated water governance system.