Damaging events along roads during bad weather periods: A case study in Calabria (Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-378

  Petrucci, O ^a   Pasqua, A A ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DAMAGE; DATA MINING; DATABASE; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD; STORM SURGE; URBAN PLANNING; WEATHER; WIND FORCING;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84861567556     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-365-2012     Document Type: Article

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