Natural and anthropogenic hazards in karst areas of Albania

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 569-581

  Parise, M ^a,b   Qiriazi, P ^c   Sala, S ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Gruppo Puglia Grotte   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^d Geography Study Center   (Albania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KARST;

ALBANIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7944239383     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-569-2004     Document Type: Article

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