Combining hazard, exposure and social vulnerability to provide lessons for flood risk management

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-52

  Koks, E E ^a   Jongman, B ^a   Husby, T G ^a   Botzen, W J W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood risk management; Flooding; Risk financing; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FLOOD EXPOSURE; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84911382698     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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