Assessment of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal
This paper investigates district-wide social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal. Disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, epidemics, and droughts are common in Nepal. Every year thousands of people are killed and huge economic and environmental losses occur in Nepal due to vario...
Main Author: | D. Gautam |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-12-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/2313/2017/nhess-17-2313-2017.pdf |
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