Distributing risks and responsibilities: Flood hazard mitigation in New Orleans

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Wetmore, Jameson M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Responsibility; Socio technical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847283649     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706069433     Document Type: Review

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