Flood management under rapid urbanisation and industrialisation in flood-prone areas: A need for serious consideration

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Schultz, Bart ^a,b,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drainage; Flood management; Population growth; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746645589     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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