Possibilities and limitations of interdisciplinary, user-oriented research: Experiences from the German research network natural disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 3-20

  Merz, Bruno ^a   Friedrich, Jana ^b   Disse, Markus ^c   Schwarz, Jochen ^d   Goldammer, Johann G ^e   Wächter, Jochen ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^d BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; End user; Floods; Information systems; Knowledge transfer; Risk assesment; Storms; Wildland fires

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33645881329     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-8597-1     Document Type: Review

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