Spatial and Holistic Assessment of Social, Economic, and Environmental Vulnerability to Floods-Lessons from the Salzach River Basin, Austria

Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: A European Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 53-73

  Kienberger, Stefan ^a   Contreras, Diana ^a   Zeil, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Geon concept; Integrated spatial modeling; Regionalization; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; GEON CONCEPT; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL MODELING; VULNERABILITY;

RIVERS;

EID: 84934997250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410528-7.00003-5     Document Type: Chapter

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