Vulnerability of Russian regions to natural risk: Experience of quantitative assessment

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Petrova, E ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 32144438848     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-49-2006     Document Type: Article

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