The production of unequal risk in hazardscapes: An explanatory frame applied to disaster at the US-Mexico border

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-601

  Collins, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Hazard; Political ecology; Risk; United States Mexico border; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BORDER REGION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FACILITATION; FLOODING; HEGEMONY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARGINALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

CHIHUAHUA; EL PASO; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649992318     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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