Marginality and vulnerability: why the homeless of Tokyo don't 'count' in disaster preparations

Applied Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-33

  Wisner, Ben ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; HAZARD PLANNING; HOMELESSNESS; MARGINALITY; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY;

JAPAN, HONSHU, TOKYO;

EID: 0031722887     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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