Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-661-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-661-2019
Research article
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29 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 29 Mar 2019

Testing empirical and synthetic flood damage models: the case of Italy

Mattia Amadio, Anna Rita Scorzini, Francesca Carisi, Arthur H. Essenfelder, Alessio Domeneghetti, Jaroslav Mysiak, and Attilio Castellarin

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Flood risk management relies on assessments performed using flood loss models of different complexities. We compared the performances of expert-based and empirical damage models on three major flood events in northern Italy. Our findings suggest that multivariate models have better potential to provide reliable damage estimates if extensive ancillary characterisation data are available. Expert-based approaches are better suited for transferability compared to empirically based approaches.
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