A framework for flood impact assessment in urban areas

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 357, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-47

  Hammond, Michael J ^a   Chen, Albert S ^a   Butler, David ^a   Djordjević, Slobodan ^a   Manojlović, Natasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood management; Flood resilience; Flood risk; Impact assessment

Indexed keywords

FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISKS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RESILIENCE STRATEGY; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FLOODING; URBAN FLOODS; URBAN POPULATION;

FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOODS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84883434006     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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