Flood-related disaster vulnerability: An impending crisis of megacities in Asia

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Adikari, Y ^a   Osti, R ^a   Noro, T ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic migration; GIS; Global change; Inundation; Population increase; Slums

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; FLOODING; GIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MEGACITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA;

EID: 77955728425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2010.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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