Reasoning About Uncertainty in Flood Risk Governance

Logic, Argumentation and Reasoning

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 245-263

  Doorn, Neelke ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building with nature; European Flood risk directive (2007 60 EC); Flood risk; Flood risk management; Flood safety; Uncertainty; Water governance; Water management; Water safety; Wicked problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061415864     PISSN: 22149120     EISSN: 22149139     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30549-3_10     Document Type: Chapter

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