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Flood management and flood warning system in China

✍ Scribed by Jianming Ma; Xuming Tan; Nianqiang Zhang

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 126 KB
Volume: 59
Category: Article
ISSN: 1531-0353
DOI: 10.1002/ird.513

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Abstract

This paper briefly introduces the flood disaster situation in China. After reviewing the strategic adjustments on flood management, the achievements related to the flood warning system are described. More specifically, non‐structural measures on flash flood management are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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