Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a   Montanari, Alberto ^b   Lins, Harry ^c   Koutsoyiannis, Demetris ^d   Brandimarte, Luigia ^e   Blschl, Gnter ^f  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; DATA SETS; DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC SETTING; FLOOD RISKS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LOW LEVEL; RIVER BASINS;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 78649501956     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045467     Document Type: Article

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