Hazard perception and the Urban geographies of place: Insights from New York city's financial executives following 9/11

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-227

  Keenan, Kevin ^a   Gong, Hongmian ^b  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

financial industry; hazards perception; New York City; place; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; TERRORISM; URBAN AREA;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953744156     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.2.208     Document Type: Article

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