Do floods have permanent effects?: Evidence from the Netherlands

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 355-377

  Husby, Trond G ^a   de Groot, Henri L F ^a,b   Hofkes, Marjan W ^c   Dröes, Martijn I ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU University   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL IMPACT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84901828306     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12112     Document Type: Article

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