The KULTURisk Regional Risk Assessment methodology for water-related natural hazards - Part 1: Physical-environmental assessment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5399-5414

  Ronco, P ^a,b   Gallina, V ^a   Torresan, S ^b   Zabeo, A ^a   Semenzin, E ^a   Critto, A ^a,b   Marcomini, A ^a,b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LOSSES; MAPS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE-BASED APPROACH; POPULATION DENSITIES; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS; STRATEGIC ADAPTATIONS;

FLOODS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NATURAL HAZARD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84919723187     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-5399-2014     Document Type: Article

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