Development of a Composite Index with Quantitative Indicators for Drought Disaster Risk Analysis at the Micro Level

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-66

  Jülich, Sebastian ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

composite index; disaster management; drought; India; indicators; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926184046     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2013.871989     Document Type: Article

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