A multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate pluvial floods risk under changing climate: The case study of the municipality of Venice (Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 562, Issue , 2015, Pages 1031-1043

  Sperotto, A ^a,b   Torresan, S ^a,b   Gallina, V ^a,b   Coppola, E ^c   Critto, A ^a,b   Marcomini, A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; GIS maps; Pluvial floods; Risk assessment; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HAZARDS; PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE RELATED RISKS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GIS MAPS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD; GIS; MAP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE MAP; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MAP; ITALY; MAP; PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT; PLUVIAL FLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE RISK MAP; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY MAP; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEATHER;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WEATHER;

EID: 84992312697     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.150     Document Type: Article

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