Large-scale vulnerability assessments for natural hazards

Natural Hazards

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-155

  Simpson, David M ^a   Human, Josh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Measurement; Natural hazards; Policy; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 53149123658     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9202-6     Document Type: Article

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