A review of flood loss models as basis for harmonization and benchmarking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Gerl, Tina ^a   Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Franco, Guillermo ^b   Marechal, David ^b   Schröter, Kai ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Guy Carpenter Company Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXERCISE; INSURANCE; INVESTMENT; JOINT; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; FLOODING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FLOODS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84982698422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159791     Document Type: Article

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