Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 1402042000
- ISBN-13
- 9781402042003
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 534
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-06-17
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- Jim W. Hall, Selina Begum, Marcel J.F. Stive
Description
This valuable edition brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. Thus the book forms an excellent reference for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management.
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