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Socio-Economic Perspective of Developing Country Megacities Vulnerable to Flood and Landslide Hazards

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Floods and Landslides: Integrated Risk Assessment

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The paper is based on the United Nations — International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN-IDNDR) pilot study project “Mitigation of the effect of natural hazards on urban areas particularly developing country megacities” for which the writer was the project leader.

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  1. L. Solway
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  1. Directorate General XII Science, Research and Development, European Commission, Rue de la Loi 200, 1049, Brussels, Belgium

    Riccardo Casale

  2. ENEA CR Casaccia, Via Anguillarese, 301, 00060, S. Maria di Galeria (Rome), Italy

    Claudio Margottini

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Solway, L. (1999). Socio-Economic Perspective of Developing Country Megacities Vulnerable to Flood and Landslide Hazards. In: Casale, R., Margottini, C. (eds) Floods and Landslides: Integrated Risk Assessment. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58609-5_15

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58609-5_15

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