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Flood protection is a complexity of technical and economical measures which communities, towns or regions implement in order to defend valuable properties from inundation. For many historic reasons and partially as a reaction to society’s demand, the protection was established by building dams, levees, pumping stations, dredging, flood plain filling, river training etc. The rapid flood plain development and in some areas dramatic changes of land use produce an ever increasing potential for flooding.
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PH.D., B.J. (2006). OVERVIEW OF US NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REGIONAL. In: Schanze, J., Zeman, E., Marsalek, J. (eds) Flood Risk Management: Hazards, Vulnerability and Mitigation Measures. NATO Science Series, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4598-1_18
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