Coping with floods in the city of Dresden, Germany

Natural Hazards

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-436

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Thieken, Annegret H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dresden; Elbe; Flood damage; Flood impact; Flood management; Precautionary measures; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; RIVER BED;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DRESDEN; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 70449525600     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9200-8     Document Type: Article

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