The political economy of urban disaster assistance

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 492-500

  Stehr, Steven D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster assistance; Disaster relief; Emergency management; Hurricane Katrina; Natural disasters; Resilient cities

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DISASTER RELIEF; INCENTIVE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646201357     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087405284887     Document Type: Article

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