Mitigating natural disasters: The role of eco-ethics

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-490

  Etkin, David ^a   Stefanovic, Ingrid Leman ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ethics; Mitigation; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; NATURAL DISASTER;

EID: 25444485681     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-005-0056-5     Document Type: Review

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