A co-evolving frontier between land and water: dilemmas of flexibility versus robustness in flood risk management

Water International

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 872-883

  Tempels, Barbara ^a   Hartmann, Thomas ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

co evolution; flexibility; flood management; resilience; robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908378516     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.958797     Document Type: Article

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