Ex post damage assessment: An Italian experience

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 901-916

  Molinari, D ^a   Menoni, S ^a   Aronica, G T ^b   Ballio, F ^a   Berni, N ^c   Pandolfo, C ^c   Stelluti, M ^c   Minucci, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Università di Messina Dept of Civil Engineering ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATABASE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; NATURAL DISASTER;

ITALY; SICILY; UMBRIA;

EID: 84899027363     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-901-2014     Document Type: Article

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