Natural hazard risk reduction: Making St. Lucia safe in an era of increased hurricanes and associated events

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Mycoo, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Hurricanes; Impact reduction; Natural disasters; Natural hazard risk reduction measures; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; HAZARD MAP; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; IMPACT REDUCTION; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL RISKS; POLICY GOALS; RISK REDUCTION MEASURES; RISK REDUCTIONS; ST. LUCIA; STRUCTURAL MEASURES;

DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; HAZARDS; HURRICANES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; ISLAND; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 78751497276     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000023     Document Type: Article

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