Social vulnerability assessment of flood risk using GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis. A case study of Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal)
Over the last decade, flood disasters have affected millions of people and caused massive economic losses. Social vulnerability assessment uses a combination of several factors to represent a population's differential access to resources and its ability to cope with and respond to hazards. In t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-07-01
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Series: | Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2015.1052021 |