Mountain hazards and the resilience of social-ecological systems: Lessons learned in India and Canada

Natural Hazards

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-336

  Gardner, James S ^a   Dekens, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Hazards; Institutional linkages; Mountains; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL HAZARD; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247217129     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9038-5     Document Type: Article

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