Examining the 100-Year Floodplain as a Metric of Risk, Loss, and Household Adjustment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-191

  Highfield, Wesley E ^a   Norman, Sarah A ^a   Brody, Samuel D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Hazard mitigation; NFIP

Indexed keywords

100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN; COASTAL AREA; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; FLOOD LOSS; FLOOD RISKS; FLOOD-PLAINS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS; HUMAN LIVES; LOCAL DECISIONS; LOCAL PLANNING; NFIP; POTENTIAL LOSS; PROPERTY DAMAGE; PROPERTY OWNERS; SPATIAL DELINEATION;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODPLAIN; PLANNING PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

HARRIS COUNTY [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873105871     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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