Uncorrected land-use planning highlighted by flooding: The Alba case study (Piedmont, Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2329-2346

  Luino, F ^a   Turconi, L ^a   Petrea, C ^a   Nigrelli, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ALBA; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; ROMANIA; TANARO RIVER;

TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 84864227774     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2329-2012     Document Type: Article

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