Economic development and natural disasters: A satellite data analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-88

  Klomp, Jeroen ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Natural disasters; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NATURAL DISASTER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; DATA QUALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84950260109     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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