Place attachment and flood preparedness

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-197

  Mishra, Sasmita ^a   Mazumdar, Sanjoy ^b   Suar, Damodar ^c  

^a KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Emotional connections to place; Flood preparedness; Natural disaster preparedness; Orissa, India; Place attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952958506     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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