Assessing the probability of large-scale flood loss events: A case study for the river Rhine, Germany

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-262

  Thieken, Annegret H ^a   Apel, H ^b   Merz, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage estimation; Discharge pattern; Exposure; Flood risk analysis; Frequency analysis; Land use; Population density

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RHINE RIVER;

EID: 84939554410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12091     Document Type: Article

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