Social and cultural aspects of natural hazards perception and response

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Gregory, Geoff ^a   Loveridge, Alison ^b   Gough, Janet ^c  

^a Word Therapy   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; NATURAL HAZARD; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030785059     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1997.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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