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Research article
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15 Dec 2017
Research article |
| 15 Dec 2017
Assessment of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal
Dipendra Gautam
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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal is presented in this article. The findings highlight that most of the districts in Nepal are at a high to very high social vulnerability level. The western parts of the country are found to be more vulnerable than the central and eastern parts.
Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal is presented in this article. The findings...
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