Understanding time variation of risk: crucial implications for megacities worldwide

Applied Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Kakhandiki, Abhijit ^a   Shah, Haresh ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; HAZARD PLANNING; MEGACITY; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031783862     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(97)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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