Social and economic factors of the natural risk increasing: estimation of the Russian regions

This study is an attempt to assess quantitatively social and economic factors that determine vulnerability of Russian regions to natural risk, to trace the space differences of the considered factors, and to group the regions by their similarity. In order to indicate the regional differences in soci...

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Main Author: E. Petrova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/4/243/2004/nhess-4-243-2004.pdf