Spectroscopy of Urban Vulnerability

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 505-525

  Rufat, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Bucharest; France; GIS; hazards; Lyon; risk; Romania; vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; FRANCE; LYONS; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES; ROMANIA; BUCHAREST [BUCHAREST (ADS)];

EID: 84876443248     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.702485     Document Type: Article

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