Typhoon insurance pricing with spatial decision support tools

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-384

  Li, Lianfa ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^a   Wang, Chengyi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 14844362028     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810412331317742     Document Type: Article

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