Estimating the benefits of early warning systems in reducing urban flood risk to people: A spatially explicit Bayesian model

Proceedings - 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Bold Visions for Environmental Modeling, iEMSs 2014

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 2014-2021

  Balbi, Stefano ^a   Villa, Ferdinando ^a   Mojthaed, Vahid ^b   Giupponi, Carlo ^b  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Early warning system; Flood risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DISASTER PREVENTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORK MODELS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; FLOOD RISKS; POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; VULNERABILITY;

FLOODS;

EID: 84911894513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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