Floodplain management in La Crosse, Wisconsin: Newspaper discourse vs. Floodplain residents' preferences

Focus on Geography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-16

  Rasid, Harun ^a   Duffy, Kevin ^a   Steuck, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODPLAIN; NATURAL HAZARD; RIVER FLOW;

LA CROSSE COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 48749100990     PISSN: 15494934     EISSN: 19498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8535.2008.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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