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Filtering by: Alternative title ssim Technical note no. 163 Committee Member Steel, Brent S. Creator Bakker, Marloes H. N. Resource Type Dissertation

Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Creator:

Bakker, Marloes H. N.

Abstract:

Floods are the most frequent and damaging of all types of natural disasters and annually affect the lives of millions all over the globe. However, researchers seem to have overlooked the fact that floods do not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, the phenomena of shared, or transboundary floods occurring in international...

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Dissertation

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world there is no reliable data on the extent of exposure of people and property to flood hazards and