Compounding focusing events as windows of opportunity for flood management policy transitions in Singapore

• Main Authors: TORTAJADA, Cecilia, KOH, Rachel, BINDAL, Ishaan, LIM, Wee Kiat
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Flood management; focusing events; qualitative case analysis; topic modelling; Singapore; Asian Studies; Emergency and Disaster Management; Physical and Environmental Geography
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cmp_research/14; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126345
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Urban floods are the result of natural and man-made events, with their economic, social, and environmental impacts reflecting policy and political decisions taken at different times in the history of cities. In this paper, we discuss flood events in Singapore over 2010 and 2011 in Orchard Road, one...