Identifying factors influencing flood mitigation at the local level in Texas and Florida: The role of organizational capacity

Natural Hazards

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-184

  Brody, Samuel D ^a   Kang, Jung Eun ^a   Bernhardt, Sarah ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood mitigation; Florida; Organizational capacity; Texas

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72549094691     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9364-5     Document Type: Article

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