Quantifying human vulnerability in rural areas: Case study of Tutova Hills (Eastern Romania)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1987-2001

  Stanga I C ^a   Grozavu, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; MAPPING; MODELING; RURAL AREA; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ROMANIA; TUTOVA HILLS;

EID: 84863319208     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1987-2012     Document Type: Article

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