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Questionable frequent occurrence of urban flood hazards in modern cities of China

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This study was supported by Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (J12LH04), Humanities and Social Sciences Planning Fund of Chinese Ministry of Education (12YJA790159), and Scientific and Technological Development Planning Project of Shandong Province of China (2012GSF11718).

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    Zhaopei Zheng, Shanzhong Qi & Yuetong Xu

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Zheng, Z., Qi, S. & Xu, Y. Questionable frequent occurrence of urban flood hazards in modern cities of China. Nat Hazards 65, 1009–1010 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0397-9

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