Relocating a flood-affected community: Good planning or good politics?

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-412

  Sipe, Neil ^a   Vella, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

disaster recovery; floods; Grantham (Australia); reconstruction; relocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84923011239     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2014.976586     Document Type: Article

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