Validating Resilience and Vulnerability Indices in the Context of Natural Disasters

Risk Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 982-1004

  Bakkensen, Laura A ^a   Fox Lent, Cate ^b   Read, Laura K ^b   Linkov, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Index; natural disaster; resilience and vulnerability

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADAPTATION DECISIONS; INDEX; NATURAL DISASTERS; REGIONAL POLICIES; RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY; RESILIENCE INDEX; SUPPORT VALIDATIONS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

DISASTERS;

INDEX METHOD; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL POLICY; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; NATURAL DISASTER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84983741959     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12677     Document Type: Article

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