Driving factors for social vulnerability to coastal hazards in Southeast Asia: Results from the meta-analysis

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 901-929

  Zou, Le Le ^a   Wei, Yi Ming ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Causal relationship; Coastal hazards; Meta analysis; Southeast Asia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COPING STRATEGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 77956178825     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9513-x     Document Type: Article

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