Reducing landslide risk in communities: Evidence from the Eastern Caribbean

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 590-599

  Anderson, Malcolm G ^a,b   Holcombe, Elizabeth ^a   Blake, James R ^c   Ghesquire, Francis ^d   Holm Nielsen, Niels ^d   Fisseha, Tiguist ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Community; Disaster risk reduction; Landslide hazard; Landslide modelling; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; VULNERABILITY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 78650610189     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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