Floods in future climates: A review

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-365

  Whitfield, P H ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floods; Land use; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; FLOOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE BREAKUP; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWPACK; WARMING;

EID: 84869029114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2012.01150.x     Document Type: Review

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