Flood loss analysis and quantitative risk assessment in China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 737-760

  Li, Kaizhong ^a,b   Wu, Shaohong ^a   Dai, Erfu ^a   Xu, Zhongchun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Intensity loss curve; Loss rate; Loss risk; The Possibility of flood occurrence

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; PLANNING METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84864396208     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0180-y     Document Type: Article

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