An integrated approach of flood risk assessment in the eastern part of Dhaka City

Natural Hazards

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1499-1530

  Gain, Animesh K ^a,b   Mojtahed, Vahid ^b   Biscaro, Claudio ^c   Balbi, Stefano ^d   Giupponi, Carlo ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dhaka City; Flood risk; Indirect costs; Intangible costs; Integrated assessment; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WARNING SYSTEM;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)];

EID: 84947047304     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1911-7     Document Type: Article

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