Integrated urban flood risk assessment - Adapting a multicriteria approach to a city

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1881-1895

  Kubal, C ^a   Haase, D ^a   Meyer, V ^a   Scheuer, S ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOODING; GREENSPACE; HEALTH CARE; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; MULDE RIVER; SAXONY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 72449211028     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1881-2009     Document Type: Article

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