Estimation of an absolute flood damage curve based on an Austrian case study under a dam breach scenario

To date, in Austria no empirical assessment of absolute damage curves has been realized on the basis of detailed information on flooded buildings due to a dam breach, presumably because of the lack of data. This paper tries to fill this gap by estimating an absolute flood-damage curve, based on data...

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Main Authors: F. Prettenthaler, P. Amrusch, C. Habsburg-Lothringen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/881/2010/nhess-10-881-2010.pdf