Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16
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United Nations Environment Programme
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RT Generic T1 Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16 A1 United Nations Environment Programme YR 1988 LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29038 PB AB TY - GEN T1 - Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16 AU - United Nations Environment Programme Y1 - 1988 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29038 PB - AB - @misc{20.500.11822_29038 author = {United Nations Environment Programme}, title = {Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16}, year = {1988}, abstract = {}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29038} } @misc{20.500.11822_29038 author = {United Nations Environment Programme}, title = {Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16}, year = {1988}, abstract = {}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29038} } TY - GEN T1 - Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16 AU - United Nations Environment Programme UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/29038 PB - AB -Metadata
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Floods are a natural and recurring event that are only a problem when man competes with rivers for the use of the high water channels of rivers or flood plains. Flood-plain occupancy and use is based on the economic advantages of level ground, fertile soils, ease of access, and available water supplies despite flood risk.
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