The interplay between structural flood protection, population density, and flood mortality along the Jamuna River, Bangladesh

Levees protect floodplain areas from frequent flooding, but they can paradoxically contribute to more severe flood losses. The construction or reinforcement of levees can attract more assets and people in flood-prone area, thereby increasing the potential flood damage when levees eventually fail. Mo...

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Autores principales: Ferdous, Md Ruknul, Di Baldassarre, Giuliano, Brandimarte, Luigia, Wesselink, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6997260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32089642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01600-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6997260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32089642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01600-1

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