Health impacts of large-scale floods: Governmental decision-making and resilience of the citizens

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Fundter, Dick Q P ^a   Jonkman, Bas ^b   Beerman, Steve ^c   Goemans, Corsmas L P M ^d   Briggs, Rosanna ^e   Coumans, Frits ^f   Lahaye, Jan Willem ^g   Bierens, Joost ^h  

^a HZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c International Life Saving Federation Dept Medical Committee   (Canada)

^d Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations   (Netherlands)

^e Essex Council Emergency Planning   (United Kingdom)

^f Medical Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office (GHOR) Gelderland   (Netherlands)

^g Department of Anaesthesiology Westfries Gasthuis Sneek ^*  (Netherlands)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

evacuation; floods; public health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODS; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 58149173160     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00021282     Document Type: Article

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