Disaster vulnerability of businesses in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 59-71

  Chang, Stephanie E ^a   Falit Baiamonte, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Economic impact; Loss; Nisqually earthquake; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; NATURAL DISASTER;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 85031074307     PISSN: 14642867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-2867(03)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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