Flood, drought and typhoon disasters during the last half-century in the Guangdong province, China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Chen, Yongqin David ^b   Jiang, Tao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Droughts; Floods; Guangdong province; South China; Typhoon activities

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; FLASH FLOOD; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; STORM SURGE; TYPHOON;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 79955525070     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9611-9     Document Type: Article

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