Megacities - Megarisks

Natural Hazards

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-491

  Wenzel, Friedemann ^a   Bendimerad, Fouad ^b   Sinha, Ravi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Disaster mitigation; Megacity; Risk management master plan; Urbanization; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MEGACITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; MUMBAI; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547632748     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9073-2     Document Type: Review

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