Assessing effectiveness of national flood policy through spatiotemporal monitoring of socioeconomic exposure

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 237-252

  Patterson, Lauren A ^a   Doyle, Martin W ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

100 Year floodplain; Flood policy; Flooding; Geospatial analysis; Monitoring; North Carolina; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOOD CONTROL; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN; FLOOD POLICY; FLOODING; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL PLAIN; DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; NATIONAL STRATEGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849131562     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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