Flood Risk Management

✍ Scribed by Oliver P. Chin

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 129
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Subjects

Flood damage prevention. ; Floodplain management. ; Risk assessment.

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