Guidelines for Reducing Flood Losses
Guidelines for Reducing Flood Losses Executive Summary Floods have the greatest damage potential of all natural disasters worldwide and affect the greatest number of people. On a global basis, there is evidence that the number of people affected and economic damages resulting from flooding are on the rise at an alarming rate. Society must move ...
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