Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Indonesia: Driving factors and policy implications

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1603-1617

  Siagian, Tiodora Hadumaon ^a,b   Purhadi, Purhadi ^a   Suhartono, Suhartono ^a   Ritonga, Hamonangan ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^b BPS Statistics Indonesia   (Indonesia)

^c Institute of Statistics   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Indonesia; Natural hazards; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GIS; NATURAL HAZARD; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THEMATIC MAPPING; VULNERABILITY;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84891114763     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0888-3     Document Type: Article

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