Learning from (small) disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 657-669

  Voss, Martin ^a   Wagner, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deutero learning; Disaster; Double loop learning; Natural hazards; Resilience; Single loop learning

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLASH FLOOD; LEARNING; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 78649892462     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9498-5     Document Type: Article

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