The impact of disaster education on public preparation and mitigation for earthquakes: A cross-country comparison between Fukui, Japan and the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

Applied Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-225

  Tanaka, Kazuko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster education; Fukui; Index of overall readiness; Public preparation and mitigation; San Francisco Bay Area

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION;

ASIA; CALIFORNIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUI; HONSHU; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844488543     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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