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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-3429-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-3429-2013
Research article
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23 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 23 Dec 2013

Social capacities for drought risk management in Switzerland

S. Kruse and I. Seidl

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