Risk, rescue and emergency services: The changing spatialities of Mountain Rescue Teams in England and Wales

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-270

  Yarwood, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency services; England and Wales; Mountain Rescue Teams; Outdoor recreation; Relational geographies; Risk; Rural

Indexed keywords

OUTDOOR RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76449117691     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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