Floods in the context of natural hazards and risks

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 5-18

  Vilímek, Vít ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Floods; Natural hazards and risks

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; GLOBAL WARMING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; PREDICTION; SOCIAL IMPACT;

EID: 34249093926     PISSN: 03005402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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