Floodplain evaluation matrix (FEM): An interdisciplinary method for evaluating river floodplains in the context of integrated flood risk management

Natural Hazards

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-32

  Habersack, Helmut ^a   Schober, Bernhard ^a   Hauer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flood hazard; Flood risk reduction; Integrated flood risk management; Interdisciplinary floodplain evaluation method; Preservation and restoration; River floodplains

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; KAMP RIVER; LOWER AUSTRIA;

EID: 84961359363     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0842-4     Document Type: Article

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