The Politics of Flood Control and the Making of Metro Manila
The emergence of Metro Manila as a political unit is inextricably tied to its history as a flood-prone metropolis. A comparison of flood-control efforts in the 1970s with those that preceded it in 1909 and 1952 demonstrates that flood control in Metro Manila has been a deeply political issue. Opposi...
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Main Author: | Pante, Michael D. |
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Archīum Ateneo
2016
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Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol64/iss3/10 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4181/viewcontent/6323.pdf |
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