Towards dynamics in flood risk assessment

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3571-3587

  Mazzorana, B ^a   Levaggi, L ^b   Keiler, M ^c   Fuchs, S ^d  

^a Autonomous Province of Bolzano Italy ^*  (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84872108982     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3571-2012     Document Type: Article

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