Seismic hazard and land management policies in Italy: The role of seismic investigation

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Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 87-93

  Albarello, Dario ^a   Socco, Laura Valentina ^b   Picozzi, Matteo ^c   Foti, Sebastiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

ITALY;

EID: 84940563488     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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