Land-use planning for natural hazards in New Zealand: The setting, barriers, 'burning issues' and priority actions

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-706

  Glavovic, B C ^a   Saunders, W S A ^b   Becker, J S ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Land use planning; Natural hazards; New Zealand; Resilient communities; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL HAZARD; STAKEHOLDER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77956170794     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9494-9     Document Type: Article

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