Modelling the elements of country vulnerability to earthquake disasters

Disasters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 480-498

  Asef, M R ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Classification; Data analysis; Disaster severity; Earthquake; Seismic risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; MODELING; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 48849083631     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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