Toward a policy-relevant hazard geography: Critical comments on geographic natural hazard research;Auf dem Weg zu einer politikrelevanten "Hazard Geography": Kritische Anmerkungen zur geographischen Naturgefahrenforschung

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Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-193

  Weichselgartner, Juergen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 1942530774     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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