Spatial variability assessment of riverline floods and flash floods in Himalaya :A case study using GIS

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-159

  Rawat, Pradeep K ^a   Pant, C C ^a   Tiwari, P C ^a   Pant, P D ^a   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Database Management System; Flood hazards and risks; Floods; Geo informatics; Himalaya; Hydro informatics; India; Weather informatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859907119     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561211219955     Document Type: Article

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