Vulnerability of port and harbor communities to earthquake and tsunami hazards: The use of GIS in community hazard planning

Coastal Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-269

  Wood, Nathan J ^a   Good, James W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Earthquake; GIS; Hazards; Pacific Northwest; Ports; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PORTS AND HARBORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL PORTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE; GIS; HARBOR; NATURAL HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142751320     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750490448622     Document Type: Article

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