People living under threat of volcanic hazard in southern Iceland: Vulnerability and risk perception

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-420

  Johannesdottir G ^a,b   Gisladottir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Icelandic Civil Protection   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VULNERABILITY;

ICELAND; KATLA;

EID: 77749298584     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-407-2010     Document Type: Article

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