Simulated interior floods and the flood experience in urban communities

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-111

  Nkemdirim, Lawrence C ^a   Kendrick, Kathleen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood damage; Flood experience; Runoff coefficient; Storm intensity; Urban floods

Indexed keywords

RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DISASTER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSURANCE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; URBAN AREA;

FLOOD DAMAGE; STORM INTENSITY; UNIT HYDROGRAPH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FLOOD;

CANADA;

EID: 0029667567     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006706     Document Type: Article

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