Development of FLEMOcs - a new model for the estimation of flood losses in the commercial sector;Développement de FLEMOcs - un nouveau modèle pour l'estimation des dommages dus aux inondations dans le secteur commercial

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1302-1314

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Seifert, Isabel ^b   Merz, Bruno ^a   Thieken, Annegret H ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flood damage data; Germany; Impact factors; Resistance factors; Stage damage curves

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SECTOR; COMPANY SIZE; FINANCIAL APPRAISAL; FLOOD LOSS; GERMANY; IMPACT FACTORS; MESOSCALE; MICRO-SCALES; NEW MODEL; POTENTIAL LOSS; PRODUCTION SITES; RESISTANCE FACTORS; TELEPHONE SURVEY; WATER DEPTH;

ESTIMATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 77955864607     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.529815     Document Type: Article

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