FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards
With projected changes in climate, population and socioeconomic activity located in flood-prone areas, the global assessment of flood risk is essential to inform climate change policy and disaster risk management. Whilst global flood risk models exist for this purpose, the accuracy of their results...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-05-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/1049/2016/nhess-16-1049-2016.pdf |