People and community as constituent parts of hazards: The significance of societal dimensions in hazards analysis

Natural Hazards

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-282

  Haque, C Emdad ^a   Etkin, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Canada; Community; Disaster management; Hazards; Resilience; Risk; United States; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CANADA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247246195     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9035-8     Document Type: Article

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