Flood Risk Management: US Army Corps of Engineers and Layperson Perceptions

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1349-1368

  Wood, Matthew ^a   Kovacs, Daniel ^b   Bostrom, Ann ^c   Bridges, Todd ^a   Linkov, Igor ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Decision Partners   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Mental models; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; EXPERT MODEL; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISKS; GULF COAST; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT POLICY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MENTAL MODEL; PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE; SEVERE STORMS; STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTION; U.S. ARMY; US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS;

ENGINEERS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

FLOOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; THUNDERSTORM;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FLOODS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865070784     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01832.x     Document Type: Article

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