Large floods in Europe, 1985-2009;Grandes crues en Europe, 1985-2009

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b   Pińskwar, Iwona ^a   Brakenridge, G Robert ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

change detection; Europe; flood hazard; floods

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; CHANGE DETECTION; EUROPE; FLOOD DURATION; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD RISK REDUCTION; GROUND SURFACES; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84873289481     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.745082     Document Type: Article

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