Major natural disasters in China, 1985–2014: Occurrence and damages

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Han, Weixiao ^a   Liang, Chen ^a   Jiang, Baofa ^a   Ma, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Changing patterns; China; Hotspots; Mann Kendall trend test; Natural disasters; Spatiotemporal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISASTER PLANNING; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOODING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HURRICANE; LANDSLIDE; MORTALITY RATE; NATURAL DISASTER; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

CHINA; DISASTERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY;

EID: 84995427089     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111118     Document Type: Article

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