Using social indicators to measure community vulnerability to natural hazards

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 52-57

  King, David ^a   MacGregor, Colin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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