Earthquake hazards and community resilience in Baluchistan

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 909-937

  Ainuddin, Syed ^a,b   Routray, Jayant Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Baluchistan; Community resilience; Disasters; Earthquake

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING CONDITIONS; NATURAL HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

BALUCHISTAN; PAKISTAN; QUETTA;

EID: 84864409343     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0201-x     Document Type: Article

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