A comparison of selected global disaster risk assessment results

Natural Hazards

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-456

  Mosquera Machado, Silvia ^a   Dilley, Maxx ^b  

^a Multi Hazards and Risks Holistic Solutions   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster Risk Hotspots; Disaster Risk Index; GIS; Mortality risk; Multi hazard risk; Single hazard risk

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GIS; INDEX METHOD; MORTALITY RISK; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; RANKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 59649103089     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9272-0     Document Type: Article

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