The added value of system robustness analysis for flood risk management illustrated by a case on the IJssel River

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-223

  Mens, M J P ^a,b   Klijn, F ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IJSSEL RIVER; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84922452508     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-213-2015     Document Type: Article

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