Interactions between scientific uncertainty and flood management decisions: Two case studies in Colorado

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-146

  Downton, Mary W ^a   Morss, Rebecca E ^a   Wilhelmi, Olga V ^a   Gruntfest, Eve ^b   Higgins, Melissa L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam safety; Decision making; Floodplain management; Scientific information; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLICY MAKING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SAFETY; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748097982     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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