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In order to take into account the multiple factors examined in the previous paragraphs (structural safety of buildings, stability of humans, mobilization of vehicles), a number of empirical criteria have been defined in literature, about the global level of risk in floodable areas.
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It is meant that the so defined hydraulic conditions remain more or less unvaried across the section.
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Bignami, D.F., Rosso, R., Sanfilippo, U. (2019). Global Criteria for Impact Estimation. In: Flood Proofing in Urban Areas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05934-7_5
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