The battle of Tokyo and Dhaka against floods

Built Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-491

  Stalenberg, Bianca ^a   Vrijling, Han ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; URBAN PLANNING; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)];

EID: 77950125517     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.35.4.471     Document Type: Article

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