Planning for the human dimensions of oil spills and spill response

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 723-738

  Webler, Thomas ^a   Lord, Fabienne ^a  

^a Social and Environmental Research Institute (SERI)   (United States)

Author keywords

Human dimensions; Oil spills; Resilience; Social impact assessment; Technological hazards; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAUSAL CHAINS; CAUSAL MODEL; CHANGE PROCESS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; HUMAN ECOLOGY; HUMAN IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURAL HAZARD; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SPILL RESPONSE; TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS;

HAZARDS; OIL SPILLS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MODELING; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NATURAL DISASTER; OIL SPILL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTER PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952095276     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9447-9     Document Type: Review

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