Identifying and mapping community vulnerability

Disasters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Morrow, Betty Hearn ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Community vulnerability mapping; Disabled; Elderly; Emergency management; Grassroots disaster management; Hurricane Andrew; Local mitigation; Minorities; Social vulnerability; Transients; United States; Vulnerable households; Women

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; HURRICANE; MITIGATION; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033103106     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00102     Document Type: Article

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