Floodplain losses and increasing flood risk in the context of recent historic land use changes and settlement developments: Austrian case studies
Abstract Floodplains play a central role in flood risk management since they function as retention areas which attenuate and decelerate flood waves. However, during the last decades land use has changed distinctly on floodplains which has led to a change in topography due to the construction of leve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Flood Risk Management |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12610 |