Constructing a social vulnerability index to earthquake hazards using a hybrid factor analysis and analytic network process (F'ANP) model

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1331-1359

  Zebardast, Esfandiar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytic network process; Composite indicators; Factor analysis; Iran; Social vulnerability; Social vulnerability index

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC HAZARD; VULNERABILITY;

IRAN;

EID: 84871937008     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0412-1     Document Type: Article

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