During the last years Latin America has registered catastrophic floods in urban areas associated with severe storms. In this work two different studied cases are presented : (a) potential extreme events combined (fluvial and marine) on the southwest shore of the Rio de la Plata estuary and b) extreme fluvial events in San Salvador Metropolitan Area (AMSS). The first case is concerned to the combination of marine, meteorological and fluvial effects represent a potential high risk for hundreds of thousands of people. In the second case, the combination of physiographic, meteorological and socioeconomic characteristics of a very fast basin, result in significant water risk situations. In both cases the lack of systematic hydrological records i...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
The Santa Irene flood event, at the end of October 1982, is one of the most dramatically widely repo...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
Flooding is the most common and damaging natural hazard faced by civilization, and flooding threats ...
Se aborda la problemática de las inundaciones urbanas en La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada (Gran La Plata...
This paper shows the current studies on hydrological risks in the outh-east Spain, a region speciall...
Over the years, man's use of nature has led to significant episodes of human and material loss, espe...
Extreme weather continues to preoccupy society as a formidable public safety concern bearing huge ec...
Intense rains are natural events associated with urban peculiarities that can become sources of dang...
The dimensions and shape of the Plata River estuary favor quasi-maritime dynamic conditions; storm w...
The present thesis aims to identify and analyze the occurrence of extreme rainfall events (accumulat...
Intense rains are natural events associated with urban peculiarities that can become sources of dang...
This research is a contribution to the discussion of natural hazards in urban areas in the context o...
[Abstract:] Floods in Villahermosa are events that have occurred frequently over the centuries, due ...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
The Santa Irene flood event, at the end of October 1982, is one of the most dramatically widely repo...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
Flooding is the most common and damaging natural hazard faced by civilization, and flooding threats ...
Se aborda la problemática de las inundaciones urbanas en La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada (Gran La Plata...
This paper shows the current studies on hydrological risks in the outh-east Spain, a region speciall...
Over the years, man's use of nature has led to significant episodes of human and material loss, espe...
Extreme weather continues to preoccupy society as a formidable public safety concern bearing huge ec...
Intense rains are natural events associated with urban peculiarities that can become sources of dang...
The dimensions and shape of the Plata River estuary favor quasi-maritime dynamic conditions; storm w...
The present thesis aims to identify and analyze the occurrence of extreme rainfall events (accumulat...
Intense rains are natural events associated with urban peculiarities that can become sources of dang...
This research is a contribution to the discussion of natural hazards in urban areas in the context o...
[Abstract:] Floods in Villahermosa are events that have occurred frequently over the centuries, due ...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...
The Santa Irene flood event, at the end of October 1982, is one of the most dramatically widely repo...
The paper analyses the causes of flood occurrence in the Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argen...