Increase of flood risk due to urbanisation: A Canadian example

Natural Hazards

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-41

  Nirupama, N ^a   Simonovic, Slobodan P ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood management; Flood risk; Remote sensing; Thames river watershed; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

CANADA; LONDON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; THAMES RIVER [ONTARIO];

EID: 33846133212     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0003-0     Document Type: Article

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