Nine fallacies of floods

Climatic Change

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-438

  Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL HAZARD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344604472     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005457318876     Document Type: Article

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