'Trade-offs' versus 'safety first': How national differences in flood policy can be bridged

Water International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-394

  Steenhuisen, Bauke ^a   Dicke, Willemijn ^a,b   Tijink, Daniël ^c,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Scientific Council for Government Policy

^c Ministries of Transport and Waterworks and Economic Affairs

^d Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood management; International co operation; Policy narratives; Rhine

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849101445     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060708692218     Document Type: Article

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