Assessment of damage caused by high groundwater inundation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Thieken, Annegret H ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

FLOOD LOSSES; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER LEVELS; GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS; INFLUENCING FACTORS; LOSS ESTIMATIONS; LOSS MODELS; MAIN FACTORS; ONE STEPS; PREDICTIVE VARIABLES; RIVERINE FLOODS;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; DRAINAGE; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER; MODEL TEST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 55249094377     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006621     Document Type: Article

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