Uncertainty compliant design flood estimation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4242-4253

  Botto, A ^a   Ganora, D ^a   Laio, F ^a   Claps, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; flood frequency analysis; hydraulic design; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DESIGN; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

COMPLIANT DESIGNS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC DESIGNS; PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUE; SHORT DATA SAMPLES; TOTAL EXPECTED COSTS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902361686     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014981     Document Type: Article

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