Resilience of traditional societies in facing natural hazards

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 522-544

  Gaillard, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a Institut de Geographie Alpine   (France)

Author keywords

Change management; Changing society; Culture; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548700188     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560710817011     Document Type: Article

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