Vulnerability, hazards and multiple risk assessment for Georgia

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2021-2056

  Varazanashvili, Otar ^a   Tsereteli, Nino ^a   Amiranashvili, Avtandil ^a   Tsereteli, Emil ^a   Elizbarashvili, Elizbar ^b   Dolidze, Jemal ^c   Qaldani, Lado ^b   Saluqvadze, Manana ^b   Adamia, Shota ^a   Arevadze, Nika ^a   Gventcadze, Aleksandre ^a  

^a TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b GEORGIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c 'Black Sea Monitoring Center'   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Economic loss; Hazard; Historical catalogue; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84868004160     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0374-3     Document Type: Article

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