Indicators of road network vulnerability to storm-felled trees

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-199

  Nyberg, Rolf ^a   Johansson, Magnus ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GIS; Indicator; Risk; Road network vulnerability; Storm

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DATA SET; GIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM; TREE; VULNERABILITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84884904803     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0693-z     Document Type: Article

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