Economic evaluation of structural and non-structural flood risk management measures: Examples from the Mulde River

Natural Hazards

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-324

  Meyer, Volker ^a   Priest, Sally ^b   Kuhlicke, Christian ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Flood risk management; Non structural measures

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOOD FORECASTING; LAND USE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GERMANY; MULDE RIVER; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 84860889175     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9997-z     Document Type: Article

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