Assessment of flood vulnerability at village level for Kandi block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal

Current Science

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-86

  Mollah, Swati ^a  

^a Dumkal College   (India)

Author keywords

Composite index; Flood vulnerability; PCA analysis; Village level assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958040652     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/81-98     Document Type: Article

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