Vulnerability concepts in hazard and risk assessment

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 42, 2006, Pages 65-74

  Kumpulainen, Satu ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coping capacity; Damage potential; Europe; Natural hazards; Risk assessment; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 33745581347     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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