Floodplain management strategies for flood attenuation in the river Po

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1037-1047

  Castellarin, A ^a   Di Baldassarre, G ^b   Brath, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyke protected floodplains; Flood risk mitigation; Floodplain management; LiDAR topographic survey

Indexed keywords

DIKE; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW;

ITALY; PO RIVER;

EID: 79955150425     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1405     Document Type: Article

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