Spatial disaster vulnerability and risk assessments: Challenges in their quality and acceptance

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1161-1178

  Fekete, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Index; Interdisciplinary; Risk; Social vulnerability; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84858799679     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9973-7     Document Type: Article

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