Enhancing the human benefits of flood warnings

Natural Hazards

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-414

  Parker, Dennis ^a   Tapsell, Sue ^a   McCarthy, Simon ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage savings; Flood risk perception; Flood warnings; Health impacts; Loss of life impacts; Public trust; Risk communication; Warning response

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; RISK PERCEPTION;

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

EID: 36448988922     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9137-y     Document Type: Article

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