Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1921-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1921-2014
Research article
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30 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2014

Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

B. Merz, J. Aerts, K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen, M. Baldi, A. Becker, A. Bichet, G. Blöschl, L. M. Bouwer, A. Brauer, F. Cioffi, J. M. Delgado, M. Gocht, F. Guzzetti, S. Harrigan, K. Hirschboeck, C. Kilsby, W. Kron, H.-H. Kwon, U. Lall, R. Merz, K. Nissen, P. Salvatti, T. Swierczynski, U. Ulbrich, A. Viglione, P. J. Ward, M. Weiler, B. Wilhelm, and M. Nied

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