Urban planning, flood risk and public policy: The case of the Arno River, Firenze, Italy

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-218

  Morelli, Stefano ^a   Segoni, Samuele ^a   Manzo, Goffredo ^a,b   Ermini, Leonardo ^c   Catani, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Italian Military Geographic Institute   (Italy)

^c Provincia di Firenze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dikes; Geodatabase; Geoid; Gis; Gps; Hydraulic policy; Hydrological risk

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOID; GIS; GPS; HYDRAULICS; MAPPING; POLICY APPROACH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIBUTARY; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARNO RIVER; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 82655186702     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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