Natural resource-based communities, risk, and disaster: An intersection of theories

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-412

  Flint, Courtney G ^a   Luloff, A E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community interactional approach; Disaster; Natural resource based communities; Risk

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; NATURAL RESOURCE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 18844442125     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920590924747     Document Type: Article

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