Flash flood forecasting, warning and risk management: The HYDRATE project

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 834-844

  Borga, M ^a   Anagnostou, E N ^b,c   Bloschl G ^d   Creutin, J D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flash flood; Flood forecasting; Flood risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 80052965779     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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