Risk cannot be removed, but it can be managed

Chen Tai-an, a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Resources Management at the Transworld Institute of Technology, cites German socialist Ulrich Beck proposed concept of a 'risk society' the concept of 'modernization' and 'high tech' increasing risk. In the case of flooding in China, the author calls for increased government responsibility and "a softer intellectual and systemic approach - such as introducing compulsory flood insurance to diminish risk for the public while considering whether national land planning and industrial and economic policy will exacerbate those risks."