Flood risk management in Central Viet Nam: Challenges and potentials

Natural Hazards

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-138

  Tran, Phong ^a   Marincioni, Fausto ^b   Shaw, Rajib ^a   Sarti, Massimo ^c   Van An, Le ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Viet Nam)

^d HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Coping mechanism; Floods impact; Perception; Risk management; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 44449126302     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9186-2     Document Type: Article

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