Restoring straightened rivers for sustainable flood mitigation

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-19

  Bechtol, Vanessa ^a   Laurian, Lucie ^b  

^a Arizona Open Land Trust   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental and safety engineering; Environmental management; Floods; Structural engineering; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844424298     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560510583806     Document Type: Article

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