Kreibich, Heidi; Thieken, Annegret - In: Natural Hazards 51 (2009) 3, pp. 423-436
concept and many households were motivated to undertake precautionary measures. Building precautionary measures had been … channels and the Elbe riverbed had not been maintained well. Just 13% of the households had undertaken building precautionary … measures. The severe flood situation as well as the low flood preparedness led to tremendous damage, e.g., losses to …