River Flood Risk Management Policies in different parts of the world: Synthesis of a special session by NCR

Floods, from Defence to Management: Symposium Proceedings - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 73-82

  Samuels, Paul ^a   Klijn, Frans ^b   Dijkman, Jos ^b  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; ENGLAND; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; PAST AND PRESENT; POLICY APPROACH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS;

RIVERS;

EID: 84856852009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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