Development of a global flood risk index based on natural and socio-economic factors;Développement d'un indice global de risque d'inondation fondé sur des facteurs naturels et socioéconomiques

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 789-804

  Okazawa, Yuko ^a,c   Yeh, Pat J F ^a   Kanae, Shinjiro ^b   Oki, Taikan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ALMEC Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

flood risk; natural factors; social factors

Indexed keywords

FLOOD RISKS; GLOBAL DATA; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LONG-TERM TREND; NATURAL FACTORS; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR;

HAZARDS;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84858246034     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.583249     Document Type: Article

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