Flood risk assessment in European river basins-concept, methods, and challenges exemplified at the Mulde river

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Meyer, Volker ^a   Haase, Dagmar ^a   Scheuer, Sebastian ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood; Multicriteria analysis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLOODING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLOODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

EID: 66149116080     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-031.1     Document Type: Article

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