Aligning Natural Resource Conservation, Flood Hazard Mitigation, and Social Vulnerability Remediation in Florida
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2373-8456
DOI: 10.15351/2373-8456.1074