The assessment of regional vulnerability to natural hazards in China

World Automation Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Huang, Jianyi ^a,b   Liu, Yi ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; DEA model; Natural disasters; regional vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEA MODELS; ECONOMIC LEVEL; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; INPUT-OUTPUT; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL HAZARD; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; REGIONAL VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WEIGHT SET;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DISASTERS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84870804044     PISSN: 21544824     EISSN: 21544832     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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