Lessons from grand forks: Planning structural flood control measures

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-32

  James, L Douglas ^a   Korom, Scott F ^b  

^a Hydrologic Sci Nat Sci Found   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY PLANNING; CONTROL MEASURES; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; HAZARD MAPPING; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; MAXIMUM FLOWS; PHYSICALLY BASED; STRUCTURAL MEASURES;

FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOODS;

EID: 84893220469     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:1(22)     Document Type: Article

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