Effects of interactions among social capital, income and learning from experiences of natural disasters: A case study from Japan

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1019-1032

  Yamamura, Eiji ^a  

^a SEINAN GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Learning; Natural disaster; Social capital

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCOME; LEARNING; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

JAPAN;

EID: 77956671595     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903365144     Document Type: Article

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