From flood defence to flood management - Prerequisites for sustainable flood management

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 11-15

  Van Alphen, Jos ^a   Van Beek, Eelco ^b  

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

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; FLOOD DEFENCE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FLOOD PRONE AREA; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; POPULATION GROWTH; RARE EVENT; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

FLOODS;

EID: 84856877297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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