Loss of life caused by the flooding of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina: Analysis of the relationship between flood characteristics and mortality

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 676-698

  Jonkman, Sebastiaan N ^a,b   Maaskant, Bob ^a,c   Boyd, Ezra ^d   Levitan, Marc Lloyd ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequences; Floods; Hurricane Katrina; Loss of life; Mortality; Public health impacts

Indexed keywords

CONSEQUENCES; HURRICANE KATRINA; LOSS OF LIFE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS;

FLOODS;

HEALTH;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISASTER RELIEF; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD DAMAGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER DEPTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CYCLONES; FLOODS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MORTALITY;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849221512     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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