Sustainable development and hazards mitigation in the United States: Disasters by design revisited

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 491-504

  Mileti, Dennis S ^a   Gailus, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Hazard; Local sustainability; Mitigation; Reduction; Second assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444457992     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-005-0057-4     Document Type: Article

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