Estimating drought risk across Europe from reported drought impacts, drought indices, and vulnerability factors

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2779-2800

  Blauhut, Veit ^a   Stahl, Kerstin ^a   Stagge, James Howard ^b   Tallaksen, Lena M ^b   Stefano, Lucia De ^c   Vogt, Jürgen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER RESOURCES;

ACCUMULATION PERIODS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; HYBRID APPROACH; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PROBABILISTIC IMPACT; STATISTICAL MODELLING; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY FACTORS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE; NATURAL HAZARD; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84978388857     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-2779-2016     Document Type: Article

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