Causes and effects of the catastrophic flooding on the Siret River (Romania) in July-August 2008

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1351-1367

  Romanescu, Gheorghe ^a   Stoleriu, Cristian ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Floods; Global climate changes; Hydrological risk; Management

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRIBUTARY;

EUROPE; PRUT RIVER; ROMANIA; SIRET RIVER [EUROPE];

EID: 84888624548     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0525-6     Document Type: Article

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