Climate change and disaster management

Disasters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-80

  O'Brien, Geoff ^a   O'Keefe, Phil ^a   Rose, Joanne ^a,b   Wisner, Ben ^c,d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETC UK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Disaster reduction; International cooperation; Millennium development goals; Poverty; Resilience; Risk; Sustainable development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

DISASTER PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 33644787027     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2006.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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