The link between land-use management and fluvial flood risk: A chaotic conception?

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-92

  Pattison, Ian ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

catchment; discharge; flood risk management; hydrological extremes; land use; peak flow; river flow

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LEVEE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK FLOW; RUNOFF; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856103857     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133311425398     Document Type: Review

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