Environmental Hazards

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 521-527

  Tobin, G A ^a   Montz, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Disaster; False sense of security; Geophysical forces; Hazard definition; Mitigation; Resilience; Spatial trends; Temporal trends; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449481656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00567-8     Document Type: Chapter

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