Coastal vulnerability as discourse about meanings and values

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1027-1045

  Green, Colin ^a   McFadden, Loraine ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Learning; Management; Social process

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COASTAL VULNERABILITY; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ACT;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36649033577     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870701566557     Document Type: Article

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