Review article: Assessing the costs of natural hazards-state of the art and knowledge gaps

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1351-1373

  Meyer, V ^a   Becker, N ^a   Markantonis, V ^a   Schwarze, R ^a   Van Den Bergh, J C J M ^b,c,d,e   Bouwer, L M ^e,m   Bubeck, P ^f   Ciavola, P ^g   Genovese, E ^h   Green, C ^j   Hallegatte, S ^h,i   Kreibich, H ^f   Lequeux, Q ^g   Logar, I ^c,n   Papyrakis, E ^e,k   Pfurtscheller, C ^l,o   Poussin, J ^e   Przyluski, V ^h   Thieken, A H ^l,p   Viavattene, C ^j  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d VU University   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^h Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^j MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^m DELTARES   (Netherlands)

ⁿ SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^o ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DROUGHT; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84879361567     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1351-2013     Document Type: Review

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