Urban riverbank residents' evaluation of flood evacuation policies in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-382

  Rashid, Harun ^a   Haider, Wolfgang ^b   McNeil, Doug ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Floodway Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Discrete choice experiment; Flood evacuation policies; Manitoba; Red River

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOOD; POLICY MAKING; RIVER BANK; URBAN AREA; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WINNIPEG;

EID: 36549001164     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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