Examining the impact of land use/land cover characteristics on flood losses

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1252-1265

  Brody, Samuel ^a   Blessing, Russell ^a   Sebastian, Antonia ^b   Bedient, Philip ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

flood losses; land cover; land use; resilience; Texas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOOD DAMAGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901270863     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.802228     Document Type: Article

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