Social vulnerability assessment of natural hazards on county-scale using high spatial resolution satellite imagery: A case study in the Luogang district of Guangzhou, South China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-182

  Zeng, J ^a   Zhu, Z Y ^a   Zhang, J L ^a   Ouyang, T P ^a   Qiu, S F ^a   Zou, Y ^a   Zeng, T ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Land use; Social vulnerability; SPOT; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKERS; GUANGZHOU; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; NATURAL HAZARD; POPULATION DENSITIES; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; SOUTH CHINA; SPOT; STATISTICAL MODELS;

DISASTER PREVENTION; HAZARDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND USE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGE STRUCTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND USE; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84855295060     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1079-8     Document Type: Article

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