Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts

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• Author: and Planning Engineering Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science
• Date: 15 Dec 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Original Languages: English
• Book Format: Paperback::208 pages
• ISBN10: 0309305861
• Publication City/Country: Washington, United States
• File size: 37 Mb
• Dimension: 152x 229x 17.78mm::340.19g

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