Satellite nighttime lights reveal increasing human exposure to floods worldwide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7184-7190

  Ceola, Serena ^a   Laio, Francesco ^b   Montanari, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

flood damage; flood exposure; nightlights; river network

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD DAMAGE; LOSSES; RIVERS;

HIGH-RESOLUTION METHODS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; NIGHTLIGHTS; RIVER NETWORK; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD DAMAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84911444727     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061859     Document Type: Article

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