Risk assessment of secondary geological disasters induced by the Yushu earthquake

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-242

  Niu, Quanfu ^a,b,c   Cheng, Weiming ^b   Liu, Yong ^a   Xie, Yaowen ^a   Lan, Hengxing ^b   Cao, Yanrong ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c Gansu Provincial Electric Power Design Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Hazard assessment; Risk assessment; Secondary geological disasters (SGD); Socio economic vulnerability; Yushu Earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863367476     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-012-2076-4     Document Type: Article

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