Assessing global exposure to natural hazards: Progress and future trends

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-19

  Lerner Lam, Arthur ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548534412     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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