FIM FRAME: A method for assessing and improving emergency plans for floods

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1731-1746

  Lumbroso, D M ^a,c   Di Mauro, M ^a,b   Tagg, A F ^a   Vinet, F ^d   Stone, K ^e  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; PLANNING METHOD; STAKEHOLDER;

ENGLAND; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861556526     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1731-2012     Document Type: Review

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