Parametric and physically based modelling techniques for flood risk and vulnerability assessment: A comparison

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-92

  Balica, S F ^a,b   Popescu, I ^a   Beevers, L ^c   Wright, N G ^a,b,d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood Vulnerability Index; Floods; Physically based models; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DETAILED DESIGN; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; FLOOD RISKS; FLOOD VULNERABILITY INDICES; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; NATURAL RISKS; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; PHYSICALLY BASED; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

FLOODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLOODING; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84871655366     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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