Flood precaution of companies and their ability to cope with the flood in August 2002 in Saxony, Germany

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Müller, Meike ^b   Thieken, Annegret H ^a   Merz, Bruno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Ruckversicherung AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; FINANCE; RISK ANALYSIS;

FLOOD COMPENSATION; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM;

FLOOD CONTROL;

ALARM SYSTEMS; FINANCE; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK ANALYSIS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; NATURAL DISASTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 34247608168     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004691     Document Type: Article

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