Flood risk management in europe - the development of a common eu policy

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Dworak, Thomas ^a   Görlach, Benjamin ^a  

^a ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Flooding; Initiative on flooding; Legislation; Strategy on flooding; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009645006     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2005.9635249     Document Type: Article

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