Historical hydrology for studying flood risk in Europe

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 739-764

  Brázdil, Rudolf ^a   Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^b,c   Benito, Gerardo ^d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Documentary data; Europe; Flood risk; Historical floods; Historical hydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; DROUGHT; FLOODS; HISTORY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF;

DOCUMENTARY DATA; FLOOD RISK; HISTORICAL FLOODS; HISTORICAL HYDROLOGY;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33749404634     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.5.739     Document Type: Review

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