Integrating population dynamics into mapping human exposure to seismic hazard

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3533-3543

  Freire, S ^a   Aubrecht, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 84871029006     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3533-2012     Document Type: Article

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