Social and environmental insecurities in mumbai: Towards a sociological perspective on vulnerability

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-126

  Parthasarathy, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Disasters; Environmental risk; Mumbai; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950745400     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2009.10425103     Document Type: Article

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