Living with increasing floods: Insights from a rural Philippine community

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-395

  Gaillard, Jean Christophe ^a   Pangilinan, Michael R M ^b   Cadag, Jake Rom ^c   Le Masson, Virginie ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Advocacy for the Development of Central Luzon   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Floods; Food controls; Philippines; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349108777     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560810887301     Document Type: Article

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