Paper:
Using Data and Statistics to Explain Investment Effectiveness on Flood Protection
Kenichi Tsukahara† and Noriyasu Kachi
Disaster Risk Reduction Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
744 Motooka, Nischi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
†Corresponding author,
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