Titre :
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Floods, from defence to management
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Auteurs :
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J. Van Alphen ;
E. Van Beek ;
M. Taal ;
The 3rd international symposium on flood defence, Nijmegen, NLD, 25-27 May 2005 (2005; NLD)
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Type de document :
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congrès/colloque
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Editeur :
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Rotterdam, NLD : A.A. Balkema, 2005
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-415-38050-8
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Format :
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164 p.
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Note générale :
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Avec 1 CD Rom d'accompagnement
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Catégories :
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HYDRAULIQUE
HYDROLOGIE
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Mots-clés:
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INONDATION
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PREVISION
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PREVENTION DES RISQUES
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AIDE A LA DECISION
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MODELE NUMERIQUE
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SIMULATION NUMERIQUE
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Résumé :
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Floods are natural events, but when they impact on human environments, they turn into disasters which disrupt society. The last decades have seen an alarming increase in the number of major floods and associated damage on every continent. This is caused by a combination of population growth and settlement in flood prone areas, climate change and disrupted hydrological cycles. There is now an urgency regarding the exchange of information an developments and experiences in research policy and management.
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