Holistic approach to flood risk assessment in areas with cultural heritage: a practical application in Ayutthaya, Thailand

Natural Hazards

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 589-616

  Vojinovic, Zoran ^a,b,c   Hammond, Michael ^a   Golub, Daria ^a   Hirunsalee, Sianee ^d   Weesakul, Sutat ^e   Meesuk, Vorawit ^a   Medina, Neiler ^a   Sanchez, Arlex ^a   Kumara, Sisira ^f   Abbott, Michael ^g  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^f Hosted by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center   (Thailand)

^g Knowledge Engineering BVBA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Flood management; Flood risk; Holistic approach; Risk perception; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; FLOODING; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MAPPING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VULNERABILITY;

AYUTTHAYA; THAILAND;

EID: 84957845730     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-2098-7     Document Type: Article

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