Dataflow model for managing urban disasters: The experience of Bam earthquake

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-102

  Pourezzat, Ali Asghar ^a   Nejati, Mostafa ^b   Mollaee, Abdolazim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Disaster management; Earthquakes; Flow charts; Iran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858832331     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901011026490     Document Type: Article

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