Disaster risk management: Pro-active financing to reduce vulnerability

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Linnerooth Bayer, Joanne ^a   Amendola, Aniello ^a   Okada, Norio ^b   Shi, Peijun ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 34548560385     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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