Assessing Urban Vulnerability in the Context of Flood and Heat Hazard: Pathways and Challenges for Indicator-Based Analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 709-731

  Krellenberg, Kerstin ^a   Welz, Juliane ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Hazards; Indicators; Urban vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 84962683003     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1324-3     Document Type: Article

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