The role of different factors related to social impact of heavy rain events: Considerations about the intensity thresholds in densely populated areas

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1843-1852

  Barberia L ^a   Amaro, J ^a   Aran, M ^a   Llasat, M C ^b  

^a Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84905040525     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-1843-2014     Document Type: Article

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