A formula for disaster: The department of homeland security's virtual ontology

Space and Polity

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-296

  Martin, Lauren ^a   Simon, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; PHILOSOPHY; SECURITY; TERRAIN; TERRORISM; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349126835     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: 14701235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570802515127     Document Type: Article

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