Regional economic impacts of natural hazards - The case of the 2005 Alpine flood event in Tyrol (Austria)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-378

  Pfurtscheller, C ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD DAMAGE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MACROECONOMICS; NATURAL HAZARD; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

AUSTRIA; TYROL;

EID: 84896831354     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-359-2014     Document Type: Article

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