Learning from the extreme River Tyne flood in January 2005

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Archer, David R ^a   Leesch, Francois ^a   Harwood, Kirsty ^b  

^a JBA CONSULTING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme floods; Flood damage; RiverTyne; Runoff response; Travel time; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF;

EXTREME FLOODS; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF RESPONSE; TRAVEL TIME;

FLOODS;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY; WIND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYNE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249728244     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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