Efficient and effective? The 100-year flood in the communication and perception of flood risk

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-311

  Bell, Heather M ^a   Tobin, Graham A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

100 year flood; Flood hazards; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36549031176     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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