Contextual influences on national level flood risk communication

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-140

  McCarthy, Simon S ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Forecasting; Insurance; Organisational communication; Planning; Risk communication; Warning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; WARNING SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548818752     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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