A conceptual model of people's vulnerability to floods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 182-197

  Milanesi, Luca ^a   Pilotti, Marco ^a   Ranzi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

flood mapping; human vulnerability to floods; hydraulic risk

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LAND USE; MAPS;

CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DESTABILIZING EFFECT; EMERGENCY PLANNING; FLOOD MAPPING; HUMAN STABILITIES; SCOPE OF APPLICATION; VULNERABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIP RATE; SLOPE; STAKEHOLDER; TOPPLING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84923224864     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016172     Document Type: Article

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