Spatiotemporal analysis of residential flood exposure in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area

Natural Hazards

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 989-1016

  Ferguson, Alex P ^a   Ashley, Walker S ^b  

^a National Weather Service Sioux Falls Weather Forecast Office ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

100 year floodplain; Atlanta; Exposure; Flood policy; Floods; Hazards

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016035312     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2806-6     Document Type: Article

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