Identifying population vulnerable to hydrological hazards in San Juan, Puerto Rico

GeoJournal

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-43

  Azar, Derek ^a   Rain, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard of place; Hydrological; Methodological comparison; Puerto Rico; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HAZARDS; INTEROPERABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HAZARD OF PLACE; METHODOLOGICAL COMPARISON; PUERTO RICO;

HYDROLOGY;

DEMOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POPULATION TYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

PERLA;

EID: 35648938798     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9106-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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