Flood risks in a dynamic urban agglomeration: A conceptual and methodological assessment framework

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1931-1950

  Müller, Annemarie ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood risk assessment; Geoinformatics; Indicator based approach; Santiago de Chile; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN AREA;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 84871935740     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0453-5     Document Type: Article

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