Increasing flood exposure in the Netherlands: Implications for risk financing

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1245-1255

  Jongman, B ^a   Koks, E E ^a   Husby, T G ^a   Ward, P J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84901389937     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-1245-2014     Document Type: Article

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