Environmental hazard analysis and small island states: Rethinking academic approaches

Geographische Zeitschrift

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-93

  Mossler, Mariana ^a  

^a Livingston Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; HAZARD VULNERABILITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

CARIBBEAN;

EID: 0030324253     PISSN: 00167479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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