Impact of social preparedness on flood early warning systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 522-534

  Girons Lopez, M ^a   Di Baldassarre, G ^a   Seibert, J ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

damage; early warning; efficiency; flood; modeling; social preparedness

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; EFFICIENCY; FLOOD DAMAGE; MODELS; RISK PERCEPTION;

COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; DAMAGE; DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONS; EARLY WARNING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; SOCIAL PREPAREDNESS; WARNING CAPABILITY;

FLOODS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; NUMERICAL METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85013640344     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR019387     Document Type: Article

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