Natural factors of technological accidents: The case of Russia

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2227-2234

  Petrova, E G ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; HURRICANE; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; RAINFALL; SNOWSTORM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80051709418     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2227-2011     Document Type: Article

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