Integrated water resource and flood risk management: comparing the US and the EU
Floods are the most important natural hazard in the EU and US, causing 700 deaths and at least €25 billion in insured economic losses in Europe since 1998, and causing nearly $10 billion annual average flood losses in the US. Flood control is commonly viewed as a matter of building dykes, dams, and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2016-01-01
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| Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160720006 |