How to deal properly with a natural catastrophe database - Analysis of flood losses

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 535-550

  Kron, W ^a   Steuer, M ^a   Low P ^a   Wirtz, A ^a  

^a Geo Risks Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DATABASE; FLOOD; NATURAL DISASTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; MUNICH;

EID: 84861533482     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-535-2012     Document Type: Article

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