Grid-based multi-attribute risk assessment of snow disasters in the grasslands of xilingol, inner Mongolia

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 712-731

  Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Zhang, Jiquan ^a   Tong, Zhijun ^a   Bao, Yulong ^a   Zhang, Danhong ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Grassland snow disaster; Grassland snow disaster risk index; Risk assessment; Xilingol

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958734811     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.571123     Document Type: Article

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