An assessment of urban vulnerability in the Amazon Delta and Estuary: a multi-criterion index of flood exposure, socio-economic conditions and infrastructure

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 625-643

  Mansur, Andressa V ^a,b   Brondízio, Eduardo S ^b   Roy, Samapriya ^b   Hetrick, Scott ^b   Vogt, Nathan D ^b,c   Newton, Alice ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amazon; Delta; Estuary; Flooding; Households; Index; Indicators; Sanitation; Socio economic; Unplanned settlements; Urban density; Urban sectors; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961149948     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0355-7     Document Type: Article

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