Flood management in the lower incomati river basin, mozambique: Two alternatives

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 607-619

  Van Ogtrop, Floris Frederik ^a   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^b   Van Der Meulen, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural theory; Flood management scenarios; Flood risk; Incomati River; Mozambique; Social and political; Water management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

DAMAGE REDUCTION; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FLOODWATER; RIVER BASINS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOOD CONTROL; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 21744440952     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03758.x     Document Type: Review

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