Natural hazards mitigation services of carbon-rich ecosystems

Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 221-293

  Cochard, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem valuation; Floods; Landslides; Natural disaster risk; Vulnerability; Wave hazards

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; ECOLOGY; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; LOSSES; ROCK BURSTS; STABILITY; TRANSPIRATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FUTURE GENERATIONS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; NATURAL DISASTER RISK; NATURAL DISASTERS; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; VULNERABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84897453155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6455-2_11     Document Type: Chapter

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