Flood fatalities in Greece: 1970–2010

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 115-123

  Diakakis, M ^a   Deligiannakis, G ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deaths; fatalities; flood hazard; greece; mortality

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ETIOLOGY; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREECE;

EID: 84927928890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12166     Document Type: Article

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