Estimating spatial disaster risk in urban environments

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-298

  Armenakis, Costas ^a   Nirupama, N ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84888042996     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2013.818066     Document Type: Article

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