GIS-based assessment of urban environmental quality in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Habitat International

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-40

  Joseph, Myrtho ^a   Wang, Fahui ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Natural hazards; Physical and built environments; Port au Prince; Urban environmental quality (UEQ)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; URBAN AREA;

HAITI; PORT AU PRINCE;

EID: 84880659098     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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