How the choice of flood damage metrics influences urban flood risk assessment

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-287

  ten Veldhuis, J A E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood damage assessment; Flood risk; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DATA SET; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; PRIORITIZATION; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 81155145985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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