Floods and societies: the spatial distribution of water-related disaster risk and its dynamics

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-139

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a   Kemerink, Jeltsje S ^a   Kooy, Michelle ^a   Brandimarte, Luigia ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84928891588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1015     Document Type: Article

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