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This chapter presents a methodology which utilizes GIS to provide a priority ranking for estuarine sites which require new or additional flood protection. The use of a powerful proprietry spreadsheet for the preparation of the database allows rapid updating of data and for the calculation of different scenarios for flood prediction.
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Jones, G. (2003). Identifying Sites for Flood Protection - A Case Study from the River Clyde. In: Green, D.R., King, S.D. (eds) Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48002-6_11
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