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John W Handmer
Flood Hazard Management: British and International Perspectives [EPUB ebook]

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In some important respects floodplain management and flood hazard research is different in Britain from that in other countries. This collection of papers from a conference provides some comparisons. It covers urban flooding, institutions and policy, land use policy, hazard response, and project appraisal and risk assessment.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 297 ● ISBN 9781135473075 ● Editor John W Handmer ● Publisher CRC Press ● Published 1987 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7330203 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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