Modelling the economic vulnerability of households in the Phang-Nga Province (Thailand) to natural disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 753-769

  Willroth, P ^a   Diez, J Revilla ^a   Arunotai, N ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coastal regions; Quantitative Vulnerability; Thailand, Vulnerability; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NATURAL DISASTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TSUNAMI; VULNERABILITY;

KHAO LAK; PHANGNGA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 79959764306     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9635-1     Document Type: Article

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