FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1049-1061

  Scussolini, Paolo ^a   Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Jongman, Brenden ^a   Bouwer, Laurens M ^b   Winsemius, Hessel C ^b   De Moel, Hans ^a   Ward, Philip J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84969850817     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-16-1049-2016     Document Type: Article

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