Dynamics of disaster-induced risk in southwestern coastal Bangladesh: an analysis on tropical Cyclone Aila 2009

Natural Hazards

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 727-754

  Saha, Choyon Kumar ^a  

^a JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Coast; Cyclone Aila; Disaster; Hazard; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914818986     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1343-9     Document Type: Article

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