Study of early flood warning dissemination system in Bangladesh

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-301

  Rahman, M M ^a   Goel, N K ^b   Arya, D S ^b  

^a Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Communities; Early flood warning; Flood prone; Opinion; Survey; Warning dissemination

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84887522521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12012     Document Type: Article

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