Realities and social constructions in flood risk management / Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell and Matilda Becker -- Legal geography and flood risk management in Germany / Matilda Becker -- The changing nature of financing flood damages in Canada / Heather Bond -- Power for change in adapting to coastal flood risk on Curacao in the Caribbean / Lena Fuldauer -- Power shifts in flood risk management : insights from Italy / Andrea Farcomeni -- "Going Dutch" in flood risk management : how is Dutch flood policy mobilised? / Timo Maas -- Flood policy process in Jakarta, Indonesia, using the multiple streams model / Thanti Octavianti -- A revolving door of policy evolution : climate change adaptation after Superstorm Sandy / Carey Goldman -- Policy belief change and learning in response to California flooding / Clarke Knight -- The challenges of flood warning systems in the developing world / Mahala McLindin -- Flood warning and recovery in Zimbabwe : some salutary lessons / Abigail Tevera -- Adapting to floods in social housing in the UK : a social justice issue / Diana King and Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell -- Emergency intentional flooding : is social justice adequately considered? / Anne Muter -- At the water's edge : motivations for floodplain occupation / Laura West Fischer -- Flood insurance maps and the US national flood insurance program : a case for coproduction? / Allison Reilly -- The effectiveness of social media in flood risk communication / Wenhui Wu.