Household vulnerability to climate change: Examining perceptions of households of flood risks in Georgetown and Paramaribo

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-456

  Linnekamp, F ^a   Koedam, A ^b   Baud, I S A ^c  

^a University of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Exposure; Flood risks; Household adaptive capacity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HOUSING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PERCEPTION; RAINFALL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VULNERABILITY;

DEMERARA-MAHAICA; GEORGETOWN [DEMERARA-MAHAICA]; GUYANA; PARAMARIBO [PARAMARIBO (DST)]; PARAMARIBO [SURINAME]; SURINAME;

EID: 79954423345     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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