Evaulation and visualisation of risk to water resources

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water and Maritime Engineering

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  McIntyre, Neil ^a   Lees, Matthew ^a   Wheater, Howard ^a   Onof, Christian ^a   Connorton, Brian ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrology and water resources; Risk and probability analysis; Water supply

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER INDUSTRY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUALIZATION; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038814729     PISSN: 14724561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wame.2003.156.1.1     Document Type: Article

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