Brief communication "hurricane Irene: A wake-up call for New York City?"

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1837-1840

  H Aerts, J C J ^a   Botzen, W J W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; INSURANCE SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877595581     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1837-2012     Document Type: Article

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