Vulnerability and all that jazz: Addressing vulnerability in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

Technology in Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Yarnal, Brent ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Interdisciplinarity; Jazz; New Orleans; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

INTERDISCIPLINARY; PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY; SOCIAL FACTORS; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURAL DISASTER; VULNERABILITY;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847388074     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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