Modeled earthquake losses and social vulnerability in Charleston, South Carolina

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 269-281

  Schmidtlein, Mathew C ^a   Shafer, John M ^b   Berry, Melissa ^c   Cutter, Susan L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c South Carolina Emergency Management Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Charleston, SC; Earthquake; HAZUS MH; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; VULNERABILITY;

CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649446692     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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