Assessing adaptive capacity to tropical cyclones in the East coast of India: A pilot study of public response to cyclone warning information

Climatic Change

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 189-209

  Sharma, Upasna ^a   Patwardhan, Anand ^a   Parthasarathy, D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITIES; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; EAST COASTS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; PILOT STUDIES; POLICY INTERVENTIONS; RESPONSE PROCESS; TARGET AUDIENCES; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WARNING INFORMATIONS; WARNING MESSAGES;

LANDFORMS; STORMS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CYCLONE; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WARNING SYSTEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349147851     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9552-z     Document Type: Article

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