Integrating vulnerability analysis and risk assessment in flood loss mitigation: An evaluation of barriers and challenges based on evidence from Ireland

Applied Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-51

  Jeffers, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Flooding; Hazards; Ireland; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MODERNIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84870514595     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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