Capabilities-based approach to measuring the societal impacts of natural and man-made hazards in risk analysis

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Gardoni, Paolo ^a   Murphy, Colleen ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazards; Natural disasters; Public safety; Risk management; Social factors

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING RISK ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL HAZARDS; NOBEL PRIZES; PUBLIC SAFETY; SOCIAL FACTORS; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; UNITED NATIONS;

ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; HAZARDS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 65249155992     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:2(29)     Document Type: Article

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