Main challenges on community-based approaches in earthquake risk reduction: Case study of Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-124

  Amini Hosseini, Kambod ^a   Hosseini, Maziar ^b   Izadkhah, Yasamin O ^a   Mansouri, Babak ^a   Shaw, Tomoko ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization   (Iran)

Author keywords

Community; Earthquake; Risk; Tehran; Vulnerable urban fabrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898007668     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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