Risk perception and hazard mitigation in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 633-648

  Ge, Yi ^a   Xu, Wei ^b,c   Gu, Zhi Hui ^d   Zhang, Yu Chao ^a   Chen, Lei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Flood; Mitigation; Risk perception; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STATE ROLE;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 79951723276     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9579-5     Document Type: Article

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