Reducing Urban Disaster Risk by Improving Resilience in China from a Planning Perspective

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1206-1217

  Zhai, Guofang ^a   Li, Shasha ^a   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; disaster risk; planning perspective; urban resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922357664     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2014.955385     Document Type: Article

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