Spatial and temporal changes in flooding and the affecting factors in China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 425-439

  Nie, Chengjing ^a   Li, Hairong ^a   Yang, Linsheng ^a   Wu, Shaohong ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Liao, Yongfeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b National Disaster Reduction Center of China   (China)

Author keywords

Affecting factors; China; Flood disaster; Spatial and temporal change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; NATURAL DISASTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WARMING;

CHINA; HONG KONG; MACAU; TAIWAN;

EID: 84856400205     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9926-1     Document Type: Article

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