Flood management and risk assessment in flood-prone areas: Measures and solutions

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-240

  De Wrachien, Daniele ^a   Mambretti, Stefano ^b   Schultz, Bart ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood protection measures; Flooding; Integrated flood risk management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953092856     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.557     Document Type: Article

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