A cloud based tool for knowledge exchange on local scale flood risk

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-50

  Wilkinson, M E ^a   Mackay, E ^b,c   Quinn, P F ^d   Stutter, M ^a   Beven, K J ^b,e   MacLeod, C J A ^a   Macklin, M G ^f,g   Elkhatib, Y ^h   Percy, B ⁱ   Vitolo, C ^j   Haygarth, P M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^h LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cloud computing; Flooding; Local EVOp Flooding Tool (LEFT); Rural land management; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLOUD BASED TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAND USE; LATITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNET; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FLOODS; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84944442016     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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