Scale and Resolution Considerations in the Application of HAZUS-MH 2.1 to Flood Risk Assessments

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Banks, James C ^a   Camp, Janey V ^a   Abkowitz, Mark D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; Climate change; Hazus; Riverine flood

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMAGE DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD RETURN PERIODS; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; HAZUS; HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUES; RIVERINE FLOODS;

FLOODS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; MODEL TEST; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALE EFFECT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE AREA;

DAVIDSON COUNTY [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951800963     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000160     Document Type: Article

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