Application and validation of mortality functions to assess the consequences of flooding to people

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-110

  Di Mauro, M ^a,c   De Bruijn, K M ^b  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Casualties; Flood consequences; Flood risk; Mortality; Risk to people

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; GUIDELINE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANVEY ISLAND; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860990426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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