Cumulative hazard: The case of nuisance flooding

Earth's Future

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 214-223

  Moftakhari, Hamed R ^a,b   AghaKouchak, Amir ^a,b   Sanders, Brett F ^a,b   Matthew, Richard A ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Flood Management; Cumulative Hazard; Decision Making; Impact Assessment; Nuisance Flooding; Sea Level Rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013421921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000494     Document Type: Article

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