Decision support system for urban flood management

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Abebe, A J ^a   Price, R K ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Flood degree thresholds; Urban flood management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748294720     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: 14651734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2005.0002     Document Type: Review

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