Flood risk management : research and practice: proceedings of the European conference on flood risk management research into practice (FloodRisk 2008), Oxford, UK, 30 September-2 October 2008 /
Floods cause distress and damage wherever and whenever they happen. Flooding from rivers, estuaries and the sea threatens many millions of people worldwide and economic and insurance losses from flooding have increased significantly since 1990. Across the European Union, flood management policy is c...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton ; London :
CRC Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Floods cause distress and damage wherever and whenever they happen. Flooding from rivers, estuaries and the sea threatens many millions of people worldwide and economic and insurance losses from flooding have increased significantly since 1990. Across the European Union, flood management policy is changing in response to the EU Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks, which requires a move from flood protection and defence to comprehensive flood risk management. Flood Risk Management: Research and Practice includes about 200 contributions from the international conference FLOO. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203883020 0203883020 9781134013135 1134013132 9781134013081 1134013086 9781134013128 1134013124 041548507X 9780415485074 |