The more we know, the more we know we don't know: Reflections on a decade of planning, flood risk management and false precision

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-114

  White, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; PLANNING THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875929905     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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