Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary measures - Lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-126

  Kreibich, H ^a   Thieken, A H ^a   Petrow, Th ^a   Muller M ^b   Merz, B ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Ruckversicherung AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14644411117     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-117-2005     Document Type: Article

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