Building hazard resilient communities in coastal southeast asia: Lessons for research, policy and practice

Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008 - Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008

Volumn 312, Issue , 2008, Pages 952-967

  Thomalla, Frank ^a,b   Larsen, Rasmus Klocker ^a,c   Zou, Lele ^d   Miller, Fiona ^a,e  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTERS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

BUILDING HAZARDS; COASTAL HAZARDS; DECISION-MAKERS; DISASTER VULNERABILITIES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPERT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; INDIAN OCEANS; OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS; POLICY-MAKERS; SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 57649091964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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