Natural flood reduction strategies – a challenge

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew ^a,b   Menzel, Lucas ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood; Flood preparedness; Flood protection; Floodplains; Hazard; Vulnerability; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009644952     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2005.9635252     Document Type: Article

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