Evaluating cartographic design in flood risk mapping

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-70

  Fuchs, Sven ^a   Spachinger, Karl ^b   Dorner, Wolfgang ^b,c   Rochman, Juliette ^d   Serrhini, Kamal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b DEGGENDORF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

European flood risk directive; Eye tracking; Flood risk management; Map design; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 79958089194     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2009.0007     Document Type: Article

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