Case study of institutional and social responses to flooding: Reforming for resilience?

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-41

  Cashman, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Institutional response; Resilience; Social response; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOODING; INVESTMENT LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STAKEHOLDER;

BRADFORD [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79751482878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2010.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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