Long-term development and effectiveness of private flood mitigation measures: An analysis for the German part of the river Rhine

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3507-3518

  Bubeck, P ^a,b   Botzen, W J W ^a   Kreibich, H ^b   H Aerts, J C J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

GERMANY; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 84877324457     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3507-2012     Document Type: Article

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