Risks and threats to civilization, humankind, and the earth

Futures

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 694-705

  Coates, Joseph F ^a  

^a Consulting Futurist Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CIVILIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70349236846     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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