The role of flood forecasting and warning in sustainability of flood defence

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-320

  Khatibi, Rahman ^a   Haywood, Jim ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods and floodworks; Research and development

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FLOOD FORECASTS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; NATURAL DISASTER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036971679     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.2002.151.4.313     Document Type: Article

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