Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis

Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
ISBN-10
0821359304
ISBN-13
9780821359303
Category
Hazardous geographic environments
Pages
132
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Author
Maxx Dilley

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Exposure Data To understand the risks posed by a range of hazards, it is also essential to characterize the exposure of ... To capture the hazard exposure of human economic infrastructure and activity, it would be ideal to have detailed ...

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