Multi-scale spatial sensitivity analysis of a model for economic appraisal of flood risk management policies

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-166

  Saint Geours, Nathalie ^a   Bailly, Jean Stéphane ^a,b   Grelot, Frédéric ^c   Lavergne, Christian ^d  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

^b UMR LISAH   (France)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Expected annual avoided damage; Flood damage; Scale; Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity maps; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXPECTED ANNUAL AVOIDED DAMAGE; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; SCALE; SENSITIVITY MAP; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED MODELING; VARIANCE-BASED GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; ORB RIVER;

EID: 84903697760     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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