A structured approach to enhance flood hazard assessment in mountain streams

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 991-1009

  Mazzorana, B ^a,b   Comiti, F ^b   Fuchs, S ^c,d  

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

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

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

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Formative scenario analysis; Hazard mapping; Mountain basins; Natural hazards; River basin management

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; MORPHODYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

ALTO ADIGE; AUSTRIA; CARINTHIA; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 84879261515     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9811-y     Document Type: Article

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