The Economics and Politics of “Green” Flood Control: A Historical Examination of Natural Valley Storage Protection by the Corps of Engineers
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floodplain conservation; flood mitigation; Corps of Engineers; natural valley storage; cost-benefit analysis;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2014-05-17 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2014-05-17 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-PPM-2014-05-17 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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