It’s Time to Revise Estimates of River Flood Hazards
Giulia Sofia, Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos, Louise Slater
Abstract
Accurately assessing flood hazards requires a better understanding of the feedbacks between natural and human influences on the characteristics of rivers.
Topics & Concepts
Flood mythHydrology (agriculture)Environmental scienceWater resource managementGeographyGeologyGeotechnical engineeringArchaeologyFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementLandslides and related hazardsHydrology and Drought Analysis