Reducing landslide risk in areas of unplanned housing in the Caribbean - A government-community partnership model

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-221

  Anderson, Malcolm ^a   Holcombe, Liz ^a   Williams, Donovan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Poverty Reduction Fund   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Community; Landslide risk; Public sector reform; Slope stability; Unplanned housing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HOUSING PROJECT; LANDSLIDE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; RELOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; WORLD BANK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 33947520709     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1336     Document Type: Article

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