Floods and climate: Emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1921-1942

  Merz, B ^a   Aerts, J ^b   Arnbjerg Nielsen, K ^c   Baldi, M ^d   Becker, A ^e   Bichet, A ^f   Bloschl G ^g   Bouwer, L M ^h   Brauer, A ^a   Cioffi, F ⁱ   Delgado, J M ^j   Gocht, M ^k   Guzzetti, F ^d   Harrigan, S ^l   Hirschboeck, K ^m   Kilsby, C ⁿ   Kron, W ^o   Kwon, H H ^p   Lall, U ^q   Merz, R ^r   Nissen, K ^s   Salvatti, P ^d   Swierczynski, T ^a   Ulbrich, U ^s   Viglione, A ^g   Ward, P J ^b   Weiler, M ^t   Wilhelm, B ^u   Nied, M ^a   more..

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^h DELTARES   (Netherlands)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁿ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o Munich Re   (Germany)

^p Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^q Department of Civil Engineering Chonbuk National University ^*  (United States)

^r HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^s FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

more..

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EID: 84905458762     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-1921-2014     Document Type: Article

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