Floodplain residents' preferences for water level management options in flood control projects in Bangladesh

Natural Hazards

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-129

  Rasid, Harun ^a   Haider, Wolfgang ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization project; Environmental impacts; Flood plain residents' preferences; Regulated flood regimes; Stated preference models

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; WATER LEVEL;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037286751     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021125916304     Document Type: Article

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