Reducing the complexity of the flood vulnerability index

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-339

  Balica, Stefania ^a,b   Wright, Nigel G ^a,b,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood; Flood vulnerability index; Index approach; Indicators; Spatial scales; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865561552     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2010.0043     Document Type: Article

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