Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
NHESS
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1921-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1921-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
Research article
 | 
26 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2015

Continental Portuguese Territory Flood Social Susceptibility Index

N. Grosso, L. Dias, H. P. Costa, F. D. Santos, and P. Garrett

Viewed

Total article views: 2,226 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,171 898 157 2,226 128 131
  • HTML: 1,171
  • PDF: 898
  • XML: 157
  • Total: 2,226
  • BibTeX: 128
  • EndNote: 131
Views and downloads (calculated since 15 Dec 2014)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 15 Dec 2014)

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 23 Nov 2024
Download
Short summary
The combination of human exposure, extreme weather events and lack of adaptation strategies to cope with flood-related impacts can potentially increase losses not only on infrastructure but also on human lives. The main objective of this work was to develop a flood social susceptibility index for the continental Portuguese territory. The main results showed that the proposed index correctly identified populations less prepared to avoid flood effects or able to cope with them.
Read more
Special issue
Climate change, extreme events and hazards in the Mediterranean...
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint