DISASTER: A GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 503-532

  Zezere J L ^a   Pereira, S ^a   Tavares, A O ^b   Bateira, C ^c   Trigo, R M ^a   Quaresma, I ^a   Santos, P P ^b   Santos, M ^a,c   Verde, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Database; Disaster project; Floods; Landslides; Portugal

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL HAZARD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84899962684     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-1018-y     Document Type: Article

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