Comparing the Hurricane Disaster Risk of U.S. coastal counties

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 132-142

  Davidson, Rachel A ^a   Lambert, Kelly B ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Sutton Kennerly and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INDEX; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; PUBLIC AWARENESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RELATIVE RISKS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION;

DISASTERS;

HURRICANES;

EID: 25444464859     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:3(132)     Document Type: Article

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