Impact of the 11 March 2011, Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami on the chemical industry

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 811-828

  Krausmann, Elisabeth ^a   Cruz, Ana Maria ^b,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b not available   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fire; Hazardous material; Industrial safety; Natech; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TSUNAMI;

JAPAN;

EID: 84877013439     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0607-0     Document Type: Article

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