Perception of flood hazard in countries of the North Sea region of Europe

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 38, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 387-399

  Krasovskaia, Irina ^a   Gottschalk, L ^a   Ibrekk, A Skiple ^b   Berg, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Water Resources and Energy   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flood assessment; Flood information; Non structural measures; Public perception

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FLOOD ASSESSMENT; FLOOD HAZARD;

FLOODS;

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

EID: 37349035860     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2007.019     Document Type: Article

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