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The Human Impact of Floods: a Historical Review of Events 1980-2009 and Systematic Literature Review

Background. Floods are the most common natural disaster and the leading cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. Risk of catastrophic losses due to flooding is significant given deforestation and the increasing proximity of large populations to coastal areas, river basins and lakeshores. The...

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Autores principales: Doocy, Shannon, Daniels, Amy, Murray, Sarah, Kirsch, Thomas D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23857425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.dis.f4deb457904936b07c09daa98ee8171a