Assessing the need for evacuation assistance in the 100 year floodplain of South Florida

Applied Geography

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-76

  Prasad, Shivangi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dasymetric mapping; Evacuation; Floodplain; Social factors; South Florida

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LOCAL PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

BROWARD COUNTY; DADE COUNTY [FLORIDA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; KWAZULU-NATAL; MIAMI; PALM BEACH; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84950335651     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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