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But Aceh managed to bring a measure of control to the flood of aid by setting up a special agency.
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The software can be used to map out the value of any part of the landscape of a particular country to society from a carbon sequestration point of view, or, say, from a flood control perspective.
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"The Dutch have built dykes for over 1, 000 years, " says Jos Maccabiani from Flood Control 2015, a Dutch government programme charged with developing better information systems for managing floods.
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Hoover, who had worked as a professional engineer, championed scientific flood control.
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Temporary flood control barriers are protecting two medical facilities, a hotel and the city's conference and convention center, said city spokeswoman Sheri Rabb.
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