Opportunities, incentives and challenges to risk sensitive land use planning: Lessons from Nepal, Spain and Vietnam

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-224

  Sudmeier Rieux, K ^a   Fra Paleo, U ^b   Garschagen, M ^c   Estrella, M ^d   Renaud, F G ^c   Jaboyedoff, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based approaches to disaster risk reduction; Nepal; Risk governance; Risk sensitive land use planning; Spain; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949533980     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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