Contents List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vi About the Authors viii Acknowledgements x List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 1 Flood Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Reduction 8 Roger Few 2 The Health Impacts of Floods 28 Mike Ahern and Sari Kovats 3 Responses to the Health Risks from Flooding 54 Roger Few and Franziska Matthies 4 The Mental Health Aspects of Floods: Evidence from England and Wales 89 Sue Tapsell and Sylvia Tunstall 5 The Mozambique Floods of 2000: Health Impact and Response 111 Sandy Cairncross and Manuel Alvarinho 6 Coping with Floods in the Mekong Delta, VietNam 128 Pham Gia Tran and Roger Few 1 Flooding in the US: Responses from Government and the Medical and Public Health Sectors 145 Christopher A. Ohl 8 Flood Hazards and Health: Implications for Action and Research 168 Roger Few, Franziska Matthies, Mike Ahern and Sari Kovats References 184 Index 213