Preventive disaster management of extreme natural events

Natural Hazards

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-467

  Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^a,b   Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Extreme event; Geohazard; Preparedness; Risk; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547620908     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9075-0     Document Type: Editorial

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