Development and evaluation of FLEMOps - A new Flood Loss Estimation MOdel for the private sector

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 118, Issue , 2008, Pages 315-324

  Thieken, A H ^a,b   Olschewski, A ^b   Kreibich, H ^b   Kobsch, S ^c   Merz, B ^b  

^a alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c PGS Planungsgesellschaft Scholz + Lewis MbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Damage estimation; Flood losses; Model validation; Precaution

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ECONOMETRICS; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; MODEL VALIDATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58849090981     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FRIAR080301     Document Type: Article

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