Marginalization, facilitation, and the production of unequal risk: The 2006 Paso del Norte floods

Antipode

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-288

  Collins, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard; Marginalization; Risk; Urban political ecology; USA Mexico border; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; MARGINALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POLITICS; VULNERABILITY;

CHIHUAHUA; EL PASO; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649318210     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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