Urban systems during disasters: Factors for resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wallace, Deborah ^a   Wallace, Rodrick ^b  

^a Consumers Union ^*

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Resilience; Social network; Urban system

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; LOW INCOME HOUSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESILIENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN SOCIETY; URBAN SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 50149118853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02386-130118     Document Type: Article

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