Phisical vulnerability proxies from remotes sensing: Reviewing, implementing and disseminating selected techniques

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-33

  Harb, Mostapha Mohammad ^a,b   De Vecchi, Daniele ^a,b   Dell'Acqua, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; HAZARDS; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

INFORMATION ITEMS; NATURAL HAZARD; ON STATE; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; REMOTE-SENSING; STATE OF THE ART; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; VULNERABILITY FACTORS; VULNERABILITY INDICATORS;

DECISION MAKING;

ALGORITHM; LIVELIHOOD; NATURAL HAZARD; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84926443932     PISSN: 24732397     EISSN: 21686831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2015.2398672     Document Type: Article

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