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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paulo Fernandez, Sandra Mourato, Madalena Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-07-01
Series:Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2015.1052021