Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3183-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3183-2017
Research article
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29 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 29 Jun 2017

Flood risk perception and adaptation capacity: a contribution to the socio-hydrology debate

Sven Fuchs, Konstantinos Karagiorgos, Kyriaki Kitikidou, Fotios Maris, Spyridon Paparrizos, and Thomas Thaler

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