Coupling scenarios of urban growth and flood hazards along the Emilia-Romagna coast (Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2331-2346

  Sekovski, I ^a,b   Armaroli, C ^c   Calabrese, L ^d   Mancini, F ^e   Stecchi, F ^a   Perini, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Public Health Service   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FLOODING; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN GROWTH; VULNERABILITY;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84944257545     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-2331-2015     Document Type: Article

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