Floods and flood management in Pakistan

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 47-48, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-20

  Tariq, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman ^a   Van de Giesen, Nick ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood management; Indus Basin; Kharan Basin; Makran Coastal Area; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; INDUS BASIN; KHARAN BASIN; PAKISTAN;

COASTAL ZONES; FLOODS; HAZARDS; LOSSES; STORMS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS BASIN; MAKRAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84859352220     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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