Assessment of pluvial flood exposure and vulnerability of residential areas

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 21, Issue , 2017, Pages 367-375

  Grahn, Tonje ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data availability; Flood damage; Flood risk assessment; Insured flood losses; Pluvial flood damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011344640     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.01.016     Document Type: Article

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