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Gilbert White  

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  • Gilbert Fowler White was a prominent and influential American geographer, known as the father of floodplain management in the United States, although his environmental research and policy influences extended to water resources and global environmental issues. He was an advocate of practical applied research to improve the human condition. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; White, Gilbert (1911–2006)]

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