Floodplain management: a new approach for a new era
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| Sprache: | English |
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Washington, DC
Island Press
2009
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9781610911320 1610911326 |
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