New insights into the benefits of flood warnings: Results from a household survey in England and Wales

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-210

  Parker, Dennis J ^a   Tunstall, Sylvia M ^a   McCarthy, Simon ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage savings; Economic benefits; Flood damage; Flood warnings; Warning improvement

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPLEXITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WARNING SYSTEM;

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

EID: 36549043113     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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