Comparing the direct human impact of natural disasters for two cases in 2011: The Christchurch earthquake and the Bangkok flood

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-65

  Noy, Ilan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Christchurch; DALY; Disaster impact; Earthquake; Flood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927657593     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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