Climate change, urban development, and community perception ofanextreme flood: A case study of Vernonia, Oregon, USA

Applied Geography

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-146

  Tripathi, Raghav ^a   Sengupta, Sidharth Krishnan ^a   Patra, Adarsh ^a   Chang, Heejun ^a   Jung, Il Won ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Floods; GIS; HEC HMS; Oregon; Precipitation; Urban development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK FLOW; PERCEPTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; VERNONIA;

VERNONIA;

EID: 84889641473     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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