Disaster risk index: How far should it take account of local attributes?

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-87

  Islam, Mohammed Shariful ^a   Swapan, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan ^a   Haque, Shamim Mahabubul ^a  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Coastal area; Disaster risk index; GIS; Hazard identification; Participatory risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878417206     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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