Economic valuation of flood risk exposure and reduction in a severely flood prone developing country

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-417

  Brouwer, Roy ^a   Akter, Sonia ^b   Brander, Luke ^a   Haque, Enamul ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Economic Research Group   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 67749147107     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004828     Document Type: Article

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