An assessment of flood emergency plans in England and Wales, France and the Netherlands

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 341-363

  Lumbroso, Darren ^a,b   Stone, Karin ^c   Vinet, Freddy ^d  

^a Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées   (France)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emergency plans; Floods; Metrics

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PLANNING PROCESS;

ENGLAND; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79958784274     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9671-x     Document Type: Article

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