Risk communication in emergency response to a simulated extreme flood

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-192

  McCarthy, Simon ^a   Tunstall, Sylvia ^a   Parker, Dennis ^a   Faulkner, Hazel ^a   Howe, Joe ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breach; Decision making; Emergency services; Ensembles; Flooding; Forecasting; Inundation; Local authorities; Modelling; Risk communication; Simulation; Uncertainty; Warning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DECISION MAKING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARNING SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36549035410     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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