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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1731-2014
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Research article
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15 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2014

Evaluating the effectiveness of flood damage mitigation measures by the application of propensity score matching

P. Hudson, W. J. W. Botzen, H. Kreibich, P. Bubeck, and J. C. J. H. Aerts

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