Social vulnerability assessment using spatial multi-criteria analysis (SEVI model) and the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI model) - A case study for Bucharest, Romania

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1481-1499

  Armas, I ^a   Gavris, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

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EID: 85067109584     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1481-2013     Document Type: Article

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