Natural hazard risk depending on the variability of damage potential

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 91, Issue , 2006, Pages 13-22

  Fuchs, S ^a   Keiler, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Natural hazards; Risk analysis; Values at risk; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36248940739     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/RISK060021     Document Type: Article

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