River ecology and flood hazard mitigation

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-54

  Birkland, Thomas A ^a   Burby, Raymond J ^b   Conrad, David ^c   Cortner, Hanna ^d   Michener, William K ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Campus Box 3140   (United States)

^c National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Flood damage; Floods; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION; RIVER ECOLOGY;

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDS; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVERS;

FLOODS;

EID: 9144252812     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2003)4:1(46)     Document Type: Review

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