Using vulnerability indicators to develop resilience networks: a similarity approach

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1827-1841

  Chang, Stephanie E ^a   Yip, Jackie Z K ^a   van Zijll de Jong, Shona L ^a   Chaster, Rebecca ^a   Lowcock, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disasters; Hazards; Indicators; Quantitative methods; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORM; VULNERABILITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84938985745     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1803-x     Document Type: Article

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