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Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazards : a case study on the Maruyama River in Ja...

Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazar...

Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazards : a case study on the Maruyama River in Ja...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19404309

Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazards : a case study on the Maruyama River in Japan

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Full title

Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazards : a case study on the Maruyama River in Japan

Publisher

Southampton: WIT

Journal title

Transactions on ecology and the environment, 2008, Vol.118, p.187-196

Language

English

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Publisher

Southampton: WIT

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The hazardousness of potential flooding and environmental deterioration face river basins throughout the world. Rivers in Japan are relatively short in length and steep in elevation along the banks, which are supposed to funnel rainwater and create floods due to heavy rain from typhoons-hurricanes. In addition, the clearing of forested areas due to...

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Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazards : a case study on the Maruyama River in Japan

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19404309

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19404309

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ISBN

1845641329,9781845641320

ISSN

1746-448X

DOI

10.2495/friar080191

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