A reflection about the social and technological aspects in flood risk management - the case of the Italian Civil Protection

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-119

  Del Carmen Llasat, M ^a   Siccardi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 76849097263     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-109-2010     Document Type: Article

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