Development of a mechanism for typhoon- and flood-risk assessment and disaster management in the hotel industry - a case study of the hualien area

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-341

  Tsai, Chung Hung ^a   Chen, Cheng Wu ^b,c  

^a Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flood risk; Hotel industry; Typhoon risk

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TYPHOON;

HUALIEN; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052987350     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2011.601929     Document Type: Article

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