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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3817-2014
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
A physical approach on flood risk vulnerability of buildings
B. Mazzorana
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
S. Simoni
Mountain-eering S.r.l., Bolzano, Italy
C. Scherer
Obrist & Partner Engineering, Caldaro, Italy
B. Gems
Institute for Infrastructure Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
M. Keiler
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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