Risk to life due to flooding in post-Katrina New Orleans

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-73

  Miller, A ^a   Jonkman, S N ^a   Van Ledden, M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937118469     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-59-2015     Document Type: Article

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