Rationality in flood risk management: The limitations of probabilistic risk assessment in the design and selection of flood protection strategies

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-238

  Doorn, N ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Risk; Risk assessment; Strategy; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905715228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12044     Document Type: Article

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