A framework for spatio-temporal scales and concepts from different disciplines: The 'vulnerability cube'

Natural Hazards

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1343-1369

  Kienberger, Stefan ^a   Blaschke, Thomas ^a   Zaidi, Rukhe Zehra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIScience; Integrated methods; Risk; Scale; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84884521002     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0513-x     Document Type: Review

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