The tenure trap: The vulnerability of renters to joint natural and technological disasters

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-58

  Burby, Raymond J ^a   Steinberg, Laura J ^b   Basolo, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Hazard mitigation; Natural disasters; Renters; Technological disasters

Indexed keywords

NATURAL DISASTER; RENTAL SECTOR; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141751746     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087403253053     Document Type: Article

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