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Lessons from flood early warning systems

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  • Cools, Jan
  • Innocenti, Demetrio
  • O’Brien, Sarah

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Success stories from the developed and developing world show that EWS are a useful tool to save lives, prevent damage and enhance the resilience of a society. Despite the substantial technical progress, from an operational point of view, major challenges remain to achieve the potential benefits of EWS, in particular in communicating risk information and early warnings to emergency services and the population at-risk and consequently trigger response actions.

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  • Cools, Jan & Innocenti, Demetrio & O’Brien, Sarah, 2016. "Lessons from flood early warning systems," Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 117-122.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enscpo:v:58:y:2016:i:c:p:117-122
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.01.006
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