Extreme events and disasters: A window of opportunity for change? Analysis of organizational, institutional and political changes, formal and informal responses after mega-disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 637-655

  Birkmann, J ^a   Buckle, P ^b   Jaeger, J ^c   Pelling, M ^d   Setiadi, N ^a   Garschagen, M ^a   Fernando, N ^a   Kropp, J ^e  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c Sustainable Europe Research Institute Austria   (Austria)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Disasters, change; Formal and informal responses; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; LEARNING; NATURAL DISASTER; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CHANGE;

ACEH; INDONESIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 78649820796     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9319-2     Document Type: Article

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