Social vulnerability assessment through GIS techniques: A case study of flood risk mapping in Mexico

Geospatial Techniques for Managing Environmental Resources

Volumn 9789400718586, Issue , 2012, Pages 276-291

  Krishnamurthy, P Krishna ^a   Krishnamurthy, L ^a  

^a Agroforestry Centre for Sustainable Development   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOSSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-STUDIES; ECONOMIC LOSS; FLOOD RISKS; GULF OF MEXICO; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; ME-XICO; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK MAPPINGS; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84930973454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1858-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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