Disaster vulnerabilities: How strong a push toward regionalism and intergovernmental cooperation?

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-306

  Caruson, Kiki ^a   MacManus, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster vulnerability; Emergency management; Homeland security; Intergovernmental relations; Natural disaster management; Regionalism; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749107206     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074007309152     Document Type: Review

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