Assessing vulnerability to natural hazards: Impact-based method and application to drought in Washington state

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Fontaine, Matthew M ^a   Steinemann, Anne C ^b  

^a Herrera Environmental Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Droughts; Planning; Risk management; Washington; Water resources; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITIES; DATA AND INFORMATIONS; DRYLAND; INTERNAL CONSISTENCIES; NATURAL HAZARDS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SUBSECTORS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON STATE; WATER RIGHTS; WATER SHORTAGE;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; HAZARDS; PLANNING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STEEL BRIDGES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DATA ACQUISITION; DROUGHT; DRYLAND FARMING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; PLANNING METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 65649137758     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:1(11)     Document Type: Article

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