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245 _aFlood misery due to misuse of land
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490 _aScotsman
_v31 October 2000, 4(1)
520 _aAcademics warn that Britain's recent flood disasters are not due to climate change, but to society's misuse of land. The building of houses on flood plains has covered what should be drainage land and the total number of homes at risk from flooding in Britain now stands at two million.
590 _aWB
650 _aNEW HOUSING
650 _aFLOOD RISK
650 _aFLOODING
650 _aFLOOD PLAINS
650 _aGLOBAL WARMING
650 _aLand use
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690 _aHOUSING-DEVELOPMENT
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