Adaptability and transferability of flood loss functions in residential areas

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3063-3081

  Cammerer, H ^a   Thieken, A H ^b   Lammel, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^d TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BUILDING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD DAMAGE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84890013837     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-3063-2013     Document Type: Article

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