Flash flood occurrence and relation to the rainfall hazard in a highly urbanized area

The paper examines the flash flood events that occurred over a decade in the Attica prefecture, the most urbanized region of Greece, with the aim of identifying triggering rainfall thresholds, as well as assessing the effect of rainfall upon the magnitude of the induced damages. The analysis incorpo...

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Main Authors: K. Papagiannaki, K. Lagouvardos, V. Kotroni, A. Bezes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-08-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/1859/2015/nhess-15-1859-2015.pdf