Estimating changes in flood risks and benefits of non-structural adaptation strategies - a case study from Tyrol, Austria

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 343-376

  Thieken, Annegret H ^a   Cammerer, Holger ^b,d   Dobler, Christian ^b,e   Lammel, Johannes ^c,f   Schöberl, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^d DEVK Rückversicherungs und Beteiligungs AG   (Germany)

^e Section Tyrol   (Austria)

^f TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Flood risk; Hazard; Lech catchment; Scenarios; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FLOODING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRIA; LECH BASIN; TYROL;

EID: 84964310732     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9602-3     Document Type: Article

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