The importance of social capital: Comparing the impacts of the 2004 Asian Tsunami on Sri Lanka, and Hurricane Katrina 2005 on New Orleans

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-11

  Munasinghe, Mohan ^a  

^a Munasinghe Institute for Development MIND   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Hurricane; Social capital; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548781307     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.05.003     Document Type: Note

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