A study of people living in three highly seismic areas

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-397

  Joffe, Helene ^a   Rossetto, Tiziana ^b   Solberg, Christian ^a   O'Connor, Cliodhna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS;

DISASTER MITIGATION; EARTHQUAKE RISK; EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; SEATTLE; SEISMIC AREA; SEISMIC RISK; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84881017526     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.4000138     Document Type: Article

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