Probability-weighted hazard maps for comparing different flood risk management strategies: A case study

Natural Hazards

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-496

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a,b   Castellarin, Attilio ^b   Montanari, Alberto ^b   Brath, Armando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flood hazard; Flood inundation mapping; Hydrodynamic models; River Po plan

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68549083720     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9355-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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