Assessing vulnerability to earthquake hazards through spatial multicriteria analysis of urban areas

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 547-576

  Rashed, Tarek ^a   Weeks, John ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GIS; NATURAL HAZARD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141890950     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1365881031000114071     Document Type: Article

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