Effects of urban sprawl on the vulnerability to a significant tornado impact in northeastern Illinois

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-219

  Hall, Soren G ^a   Ashley, Walker S ^b  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Climatology; Geographic information systems; Illinois; Meteorology; Natural disasters; Suburbs; Tornado

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO; HOUSING UNITS; ILLINOIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; STUDY AREAS; SUBURBS; TOTAL VALUES; URBAN CENTERS; URBAN DEVELOPMENTS; URBAN SPRAWLS; VULNERABLE AREAS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTERS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; METEOROLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

TORNADOES;

CLIMATOLOGY; GIS; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL DISASTER; SUBURBAN AREA; TORNADO; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54249087568     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2008)9:4(209)     Document Type: Article

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