Brief communication: Likelihood of societal preparedness for global change: Trend detection

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1773-1778

  Vogel, R M ^a   Rosner, A ^b   Kirshen, P H ^c  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; TREND ANALYSIS;

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EID: 84880153664     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1773-2013     Document Type: Article

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