Vulnerability assessment in natural hazard and risk analysis: Current approaches and future challenges

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1969-1975

  Fuchs, Sven ^a,b   Birkmann, Jörn ^c   Glade, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84868003637     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0352-9     Document Type: Article

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