Social vulnerability for public safety: A case study of Beijing, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2387-2394

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Huang, Hong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; Beijing; public safety; sensitivity analysis; social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880432115     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5835-x     Document Type: Article

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