Linking the stressors and stressing the linkages: Human-environment vulnerability and brownfield redevelopment in New York City

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-132

  Pearsall, Hamil ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownfield redevelopment; Hazard mitigation; Multiple stressors; Vulnerability; Vulnerability Scoping Diagram

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BROWNFIELD SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REDEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOIL POLLUTION; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954287177     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2009.0012     Document Type: Article

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