National flood modelling for insurance purposes: Using IFSAR for flood risk estimation in Europe

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 449-456

  Sanders, R ^a   Shaw, F ^a   MacKay, H ^b   Galy, H ^a   Foote, M ^a  

^a Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^b Intermap Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

DTM; Flood risk; IFSAR; Insurance

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644505418     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-9-449-2005     Document Type: Article

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