Flood Damage Mitigation Since the Great Midwest Flood of 1993: Issue Introduction
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Corps of Engineers Responses to the Changing National Approach to Floodplain Management Since the 1993 Midwest Flood
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION The Great Midwest Flood of 1993 brought the attention of the nation to the challenges it faced in dealing with floods. Over a sixmonth period, the ravages of the flood were shown nightly on television and filled columns in the print media. East–West transportation networks throughout the Midwest were severely disrupted and more than 100,000 peo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1936-7031
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2005.mp130001001.x