Towards a flood risk assessment ontology - Knowledge integration into a multi-criteria risk assessment approach

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-94

  Scheuer, Sebastian ^a   Haase, Dagmar ^b   Meyer, Volker ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood risk assessment; Knowledge; Ontology; Risk mapping; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; ASSESSMENT INDICATOR; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; MULTI-CRITERIA; STAKEHOLDER;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

FLOOD; KNOWLEDGE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84870391164     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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