Reverse engineered flood hazard mapping in Afghanistan: A parsimonious flood map model for developing countries

Quaternary International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-91

  Hagen, Emlyn ^a,b   Shroder, J F ^c   Lu, X X ^b   Teufert, John F ^a  

^a NATO Consultation Command and Control Agency   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 77957150882     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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