Selection of emergency shelter sites for seismic disasters in mountainous regions: Lessons from the 2008 Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 926-934

  Liu, Qiang ^a,b   Ruan, Xuejing ^b   Shi, Pilong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Disaster mitigation; Earthquake hazard; Emergency shelter; Risk management; Site selection principles

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 79551570619     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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