Print Email Facebook Twitter Applying the Flood Vulnerability Index as a Knowledge base for flood risk assessment Title Applying the Flood Vulnerability Index as a Knowledge base for flood risk assessment Author Balica, S.F. Contributor Wright, N.G. (promotor) Mynett, A.E. (promotor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2012-06-06 Abstract Floods are one of the most common and widely distributed natural risks to life and property worldwide. An important part of modern flood risk management is to evaluate vulnerability to floods. This evaluation can be done only by using a parametric approach. Worldwide there is a need to enhance our understanding of vulnerability and to also develop methodologies and tools to assess vulnerability. One of the most important goals of assessing flood vulnerability is to create a readily understandable link between the theoretical concepts of flood vulnerability and the day-to-day decision-making process and to encapsulate this link in an easily accessible tool. Subject Floodsvulnerability to floodsriskphysically based modelsvulnerability indicesflood exposureflood susceptibilityflood resilienceparametric approachspatial scales To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d790ad77-0592-4459-bb21-08075491a2be Publisher CRC Press/Balkema ISBN 9780415641579 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2012 Balica, S.F. Files PDF UNESCO-IHE_PhD_BALICA_THESIS.pdf 5.97 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d790ad77-0592-4459-bb21-08075491a2be/datastream/OBJ/view