Application of geographic weighted regression to establish flood-damage functions reflecting spatial variation

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Chang, Ling Fang ^a   Lin, Chun Hung ^a   Su, Ming Daw ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flood damage; Flood depth; GWR; OLS; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HOUSING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION MODELS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; WEIGHTED REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; AUTOCORRELATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 47249131180     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i2.183641     Document Type: Article

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