An analysis of the current practice of policies on river flood risk management in different countries

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Samuels, Paul ^a   Klijn, Frans ^b   Dijkman, Jos ^c  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Netherlands Centre for River Studies NCR   (Netherlands)

^c WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Country cases on flood management; FLOODsite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746646791     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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