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Exploring a spatial statistical approach to quantify flood risk perception using cognitive maps

Eoin O’Neill; Brennan, Michael; Brereton, Finbarr; … - In: Natural Hazards 76 (2015) 3, pp. 1573-1601

prevention, protection and preparedness with the aim of reducing the likelihood and/or impact of flooding. This evolution has …

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Non-structural flood risk mitigation under developing country conditions: an analysis on the determinants of willingness to pay for flood insurance in rural Pakistan

Abbas, Azhar; Amjath-Babu, T.; Kächele, Harald; … - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 3, pp. 2119-2135

’ willingness to pay for flood insurance are also analyzed. Currently, the country faces an increasing rate of flooding due to … perceived risk of flooding but by their financial position. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 …

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Integrating the effects of flood experience on risk perception with responses to changing climate risk

Lawrence, Judy; Quade, Dorothee; Becker, Julia - In: Natural Hazards 74 (2014) 3, pp. 1773-1794

Flood management decision-makers face significant challenges as the climate changes. The perceptions of those affected by floods are critical to the successful implementation of adaptation responses; risk perceptions are affected by how information is communicated and, in turn, perceptions...

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Computer-based Model for Flood Evacuation Emergency Planning

Simonovic, Slobodan; Ahmad, Sajjad - In: Natural Hazards 34 (2005) 1, pp. 25-51

around the flooding conditions (physical and management) and the main set of social and mental factors that determine human … community, upstream flooding conditions, and set of weights assigned to different warning distribution methods. Model use and …

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Examining the relationship between wetland alteration and watershed flooding in Texas and Florida

Brody, Samuel; Highfield, Wesley; Ryu, Hyung-Cheal; … - In: Natural Hazards 40 (2007) 2, pp. 413-428

Inland flooding remains one of the greatest threats to the safety of human population in the United States (US). While … flooding in Texas and Florida over a 12-year period. Specifically, we geo-reference wetland alteration permits required under … Section 404 of the US Clean Water Act and correlate the number of granted permits with the degree of flooding measured by …

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Natural hazards in the Ghaghara River area, Ganga Plain, India

Singh, Dhruv; Awasthi, Amit - In: Natural Hazards 57 (2011) 2, pp. 213-225

enhanced the damage due to flooding during high-discharge period and lateral erosion during low-discharge period. Flooding and … flooding, but not much attention has been paid to the phenomenon of lateral erosion. However, it has been observed that lateral …

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Coastal flooding in Scotland: towards national-level hazard assessment

Ball, Tom; Edwards, Anton; Werritty, Alan - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 2, pp. 1133-1152

assessments of areas potentially vulnerable to flooding for compliance with the European Union Directive on the Assessment and …

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Poverty, vulnerability and the impact of flooding in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Khandlhela, Masingita; May, Julian - In: Natural Hazards 39 (2006) 2, pp. 275-287

The article evaluates household vulnerability after the 2000 flood in two poor communities of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study analyses the forms of vulnerability which disasters such as floods present. Using data gathered from a survey of households, the study presents the impacts,...

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Beyond Modelling: Linking Models with GIS for Flood Risk Management

Zerger, Andre; Wealands, Stephen - In: Natural Hazards 33 (2004) 2, pp. 191-208

Spatially explicit hydrodynamic flood models can play animportant role in natural hazard risk reduction. A key element of these models that make them suitable for riskreduction is the ability to provide time-series inundation information about the onset, duration and passingof a hazard event....

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Evaporite Dissolution Subsidence in the Historical City of Calatayud, Spain: Damage Appraisal and Prevention

Gutiérrez, Francisco; Cooper, Anthony - In: Natural Hazards 25 (2002) 3, pp. 259-288

geohazards including flooding, subsidence and slope movements. Most of the flooding problems have been mitigated by diversion of …

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