Pluvial flooding in urban areas: the role of surface drainage efficiency

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2018, Pages S663-S676

  Palla, A ^a   Colli, M ^a   Candela, A ^b   Aronica, G T ^c   Lanza, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hazard maps; inlet efficiency; modelling; pluvial flooding; surface drainage

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLOODING; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER DEPTH;

GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA;

EID: 84971268088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12246     Document Type: Article

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