Estimating injury and loss of life in floods: A deterministic framework

Natural Hazards

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-64

  Penning Rowsell, Edmund ^a   Floyd, Peter ^b   Ramsbottom, David ^c   Surendran, Suresh ^d  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Risk and Policy Analysts Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case examples; Deterministic model; Floods; Loss of life; Serious injury

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

EID: 22844438240     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-4538-7     Document Type: Article

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