Uncertainty in flood damage estimation

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-148

  Egorova, Regina ^a   van Noortwijk, Jan M ^b,c   Holterman, Stephanie R ^b,d  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

^c Delft University of Technology   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood damage; Flood risk analysis; High water information system; Monte Carlo simulation; Probability distributions; Spatial dependence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65849431792     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2008.9635343     Document Type: Article

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