Implications of global warming and urban land use change on flooding in Europe

Water and Urban Development Paradigms: Towards an Integration of Engineering, Design and Management Approaches - Proceedings of the International Urban Water Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 217-225

  Feyen, L ^a   Barredo, J I ^a   Dankers, R ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Damage; Floods; Urban land use change

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT PRICE; DAMAGE; DAMAGE CALCULATIONS; DAMAGE FUNCTIONS; EXPECTED ANNUAL DAMAGES; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD PROTECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; LAND USE PATTERN; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; RETURN PERIODS; URBAN EXPANSION; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN LAND-USE CHANGE;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

LAND USE;

EID: 72049126190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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