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Is the Frequency and Intensity of Flooding Changing in Europe?

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  1. Research Centre for Agricultural and Forest, Environment Polish Academy of Sciences, Bukowska 19, PL-60-809, Poznañ, Poland

    Prof. Dr. Z. W. Kundzewicz

  2. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Postbox 60 12 03, D-14412, Potsdam, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Z. W. Kundzewicz

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  1. European Public Health Association (EUPHA), Germany

    Wilhelm Kirch (Past President) (Past President)

  2. Public Health Research Association Saxony, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Fiedlerstr. 27, D-01307, Dresden, Germany

    Wilhelm Kirch (Past President) (Past President)

  3. Special Programme on Health and Environment, WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Via Francesco Crispi, 10, I-00187, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Bertollini

  4. Global Change and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Via Francesco Crispi, 10, I-00187, Rome, Italy

    Bettina Menne

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Kundzewicz, Z.W. (2005). Is the Frequency and Intensity of Flooding Changing in Europe?. In: Kirch, W., Bertollini, R., Menne, B. (eds) Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28862-7_3

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