The politics of risk in the Philippines: Comparing state and NGO perceptions of disaster management

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 686-704

  Bankoff, Greg ^a   Hilhorst, Dorothea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domains of disaster response; Philippines; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70049093502     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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