Citation: Said Qasim, Mohammad Qasim, Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Amir Nawaz Khan. An assessment of flood vulnerability in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province of Pakistan[J]. AIMS Environmental Science, 2017, 4(2): 206-216. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2017.2.206
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