Life recovery of 1995 Kobe Earthquake survivors in Nishinomiya City: A total-quality-management-based assessment of disadvantaged populations

Natural Hazards

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 565-583

  Takeda, Joe ^a   Tamura, Keiko ^b   Tatsuki, Shigeo ^c  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Civic mindedness; Disadvantaged populations; Disaster ethnography; Kobe earthquake; Life recovery; Mitigation; QC tools; Social support; Total quality management (TQM); Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; MITIGATION; RECOVERY; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0042693151     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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