Measuring social vulnerability to natural hazards in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 472-485

  Huang, Jianyi ^a   Su, Fei ^b   Zhang, Pingyu ^c  

^a BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing Tianjin Hebei Region; factor analysis; natural hazards; social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84937219411     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-015-0769-7     Document Type: Article

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