Building a resilient society to reduce natural disaster risks.

Sci Bull (Beijing)

Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

Published: November 2020

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