Rendering the world unsafe: 'Vulnerability' as western discourse

Disasters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-35

  Bankoff, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disasters; Hazards; Philippines; Theory; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; POLITICAL DISCOURSE;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0035049052     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00159     Document Type: Article

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