Ecological response to and management of increased flooding caused by climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1796, 2002, Pages 1497-1510

  Poff, N LeRoy ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem; Floods; Non structural flood control; Rivers

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

CLIMATE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

CLIMATE; DISASTER PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0037099655     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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