Not just a matter of knowledge. The Katrina debacle

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-149

  De Marchi, Bruna ^a  

^a Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Disaster response; Hurricane; Katrina; Knowledge; Warnings

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; PERCEPTION; WARNING SYSTEM;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548825400     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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