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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-1871-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-1871-2013
Research article
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21 May 2013
Research article |  | 21 May 2013

A framework for global river flood risk assessments

H. C. Winsemius, L. P. H. Van Beek, B. Jongman, P. J. Ward, and A. Bouwman

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