Differential impacts of flood hazards among the street children, the urban poor and residents of wealthy neighborhoods in Metro Manila, Philippines

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-266

  Zoleta Nantes, Doracie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Differential vulnerability; Flood hazards; Metro Manila; Philippines; Street children; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; STREET CHILDREN; VULNERABILITY;

MANILA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0037771403     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024471412686     Document Type: Article

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