Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-189

  Posthumus, H ^a   Morris, J ^a   Hess, T M ^a   Neville, D ^a   Phillips, E ^a   Baylis, A ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; England; Flood risk management; Rural; Summer 2007 floods

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HORTICULTURE; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68949157155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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