Typhoon disaster in China: Prediction, prevention, and mitigation

Natural Hazards

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-436

  Liu, Defu ^a   Pang, Liang ^a   Xie, Botao ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Multivariate compound extreme value distribution; Prediction; Prevention criteria; Typhoon disaster

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TYPHOON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349213615     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9262-2     Document Type: Article

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