Micro-sized enterprises: vulnerability to flash floods
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Assessment of Vulnerability to Extreme Flash Floods in Design Storms
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عنوان ژورنال: Natural Hazards
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0921-030X,1573-0840
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2476-9