Flood vulnerability indices at varying spatial scales

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2571-2580

  Balica, S F ^a   Douben, N ^b   Wright, N G ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Water board Brabant Delta Research Department   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood exposure; Flood resilience; Flood risk management; Flood susceptibility; Vulnerability indices

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTERS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; LAND USE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

ACTION PLAN; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOOD VULNERABILITY INDICES; HOTSPOTS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; LOCAL DECISION-MAKING; NATURAL DISASTERS; REGIONAL LEVELS; RIVER BASINS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIAL SCALE; SUB-CATCHMENT; URBAN AREAS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

WATERSHEDS;

ACTION PLAN; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; FLOODING; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; RIVER;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

EID: 77449124516     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.183     Document Type: Article

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