The extraordinary and the everyday in explanations of vulnerability to an oil spill

Geographical Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-93

  Dow, Kirstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishers; Hazards; Malaysia; Oil spill; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008220937     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.1999.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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