Climate-related hazards: A method for global assessment of urban and rural population exposure to cyclones, droughts, and floods

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2169-2192

  Christenson, Elizabeth ^a   Elliott, Mark ^b   Banerjee, Ovik ^a   Hamrick, Laura ^a   Bartram, Jamie ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

ArcGIS; Climate change; Cyclone; Drought; Exposure; Flood; Hazard events; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CYCLONE; DROUGHT; FLOOD; GIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84894263281     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110202169     Document Type: Article

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