Flood risk from a holistic perspective -Observed changes in Germany

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 10, 2012, Pages 212-237

  Hattermann, Fred F ^a   Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b   Huang, Shaochun ^a   Vetter, Tobias ^a   Kron, Wolfgang ^c   Burghoff, Olaf ^d   Merz, Bruno ^e   Bronstert, Axel ^a,f   Krysanova, Valentina ^a   Gerstengarbe, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Werner, Peter ^a   Hauf, Ylva ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^c Munich Re   (Germany)

^d German Insurance Association (GDV)   (Germany)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODING; HOLISTIC APPROACH;

GERMANY;

EID: 84862491911     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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