Floods and climate change: Interactions and impacts

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 545-557

  Bronstert, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate downscaling; Flood risk; Hydrological modeling; River flooding

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE;

FLOOD RISKS;

FLOODS;

RIVER WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE; EUROPE; FLOODING; FORESTRY; GERMANY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 0037976865     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00335     Document Type: Review

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