Vulnerability assessment of Central-East Sardinia (Italy) to extreme rainfall events

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Bodini, A ^a   Cossu, Q A ^a,b  

^a Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technology   (Italy)

^b Sardinian Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 77954707050     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-61-2010     Document Type: Article

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