Vulnerability and risk: Comparing assessment approaches

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1099-1113

  Wolf, Sarah ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Framework; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84858795956     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9968-4     Document Type: Article

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