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Dealing with Flash Floods: Contemporary Issues and Future Possibilities

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Coping With Flash Floods

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((ASEN2,volume 77))

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While our November 1999 Advanced Study Institute was underway flash flooding killed 23 people in France. The issues raised are generic to most flash floods. (November 14, 1999; Web posted at: 1841 GMT.)

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  1. Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs USA, USA

    Eve Gruntfest

  2. Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, England

    John Handmer

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  1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Eve Gruntfest

  2. Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, England

    John Handmer

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Gruntfest, E., Handmer, J. (2001). Dealing with Flash Floods: Contemporary Issues and Future Possibilities. In: Gruntfest, E., Handmer, J. (eds) Coping With Flash Floods. NATO Science Series, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0918-8_1

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