Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management /

<Em>Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management</em> discusses all aspects of floodplain management related to defence from floods, including specific issues such as the maintenance of flood defences, and reveals many aspects of a more holistic approach to the management of flood risk,...

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Main Author: Gardiner, John
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Starosolszky, Ö. (Ödön), Yevjevich, Vujica
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 1995.
Series:NATO ASI series. Applied sciences ; 299.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:<Em>Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management</em> discusses all aspects of floodplain management related to defence from floods, including specific issues such as the maintenance of flood defences, and reveals many aspects of a more holistic approach to the management of flood risk, expanding the structural/non-structural debate into prevention and cure in the floodplain and its catchment. Recent experience in many countries is recounted by experts from Hungary, Austria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and the USA.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (580 pages)
ISBN:9789401104012 (electronic bk.)
9401104018 (electronic bk.)