Regionalisation of asset values for risk analyses

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-178

  Thieken, A H ^a   Muller M ^a,c   Kleist, L ^b,c   Seifert, I ^a,b   Borst, D ^b,c   Werner, U ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; NATURAL HAZARD; POPULATION DENSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33645017179     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-167-2006     Document Type: Article

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