Natural hazards in British Columbia: An interdisciplinary and inter-institutional challenge

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-324

  Slaymaker, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Floods; Management, multi institutional, interdisciplinary; Natural hazards; Risk studies; Slope failures; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; EARTHQUAKE; FLOOD; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; SLOPE STABILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033379970     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050267     Document Type: Article

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