Dynamic structure and data sets of a GIS database for geological risk analysis in the Azores volcanic islands

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-242

  Gaspar, J L ^a   Goulart, C ^a   Queiroz, G ^a   Silveira, D ^a   Gomes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442665087     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-233-2004     Document Type: Article

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