Spatial and temporal changes of meteorological disasters in China during 1950–2013

Natural Hazards

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2607-2623

  Guan, Yinghui ^a,b   Zheng, Fenli ^a,b   Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Qin, Chao ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Deaths; Economic losses; Frequency; Meteorological disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921938772     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1446-3     Document Type: Article

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