Developing an integrated framework to quantify resilience of urban systems against disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1729-1748

  Bozza, Anna ^a   Asprone, Domenico ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Disaster resilience; Quality of life; Sustainability; Urban networks

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 84938991342     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1798-3     Document Type: Article

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