An assessment of multidimensional flood vulnerability at the provincial scale in China based on the DEA method

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1575-1586

  Huang, Dapeng ^a   Zhang, Renhe ^a   Huo, Zhiguo ^a   Mao, Fei ^a   E, Youhao ^a   Zheng, Wei ^b  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

China; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Floods; Multidimensional vulnerability; Provincial scale

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84867231634     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0323-1     Document Type: Article

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