Contribution of insurance data to cost assessment of coastal flood damage to residential buildings: Insights gained from Johanna (2008) and Xynthia (2010) storm events

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2003-2012

  Andre C ^a,b   Monfort, D ^b   Bouzit, M ^b   Vinchon, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM DEPOSIT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84881519069     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2003-2013     Document Type: Article

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