Revealing the vulnerability of people and places: A case study of georgetown county, South Carolina

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 713-737

  Cutter, Susan L ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Jerry T ^a,b,c   Scott, Michael S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Hazard; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

GEORGETOWN COUNTY; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034440236     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00219     Document Type: Article

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