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Benchmarking an operational procedure for rapid risk assessment in Europe [1]

The development of methods for rapid flood mapping and risk assessment is a key step to increase the usefulness of flood early warning systems, and is crucial for effective emergency response and flood impact mitigation. Currently, flood early warning systems rarely include real–time components to assess potential impacts generated by forecasted flood events. To overcome this limitation, this work describes the benchmarking of an operational procedure for rapid flood risk assessment based on predictions issued by the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS).

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
24/10/2016
Francesco Dottori [3], Milan Kalas [4], Peter Salamon & et al [5]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences [6]
1-21
Tags:
Floods [7], Rivers [8], Natural Disasters [9], Disaster Preparedness [10], Croatia [11], Bosnia [12], Europe [13]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/benchmarking-operational-procedure-rapid-risk-assessment-europe
[2] http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/nhess-2016-338/
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/francesco-dottori
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/milan-kalas
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/peter-salamon-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-preparedness
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/croatia
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bosnia
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe