Rethinking the relationship between flood risk perception and flood management
โ Scribed by Birkholz, S.; Muro, M.; Jeffrey, P.; Smith, H.M.
- Book ID
- 122327946
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 478
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0048-9697
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