Urban Design and Adapting to Flood Risk: The Role of Green Infrastructure

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 745-758

  Lennon, Mick ^a   Scott, Mark ^a   O’Neill, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; GREENBELT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84907454769     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2014.944113     Document Type: Article

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