Making sense of natural hazard mitigation: Personal, social and cultural influences

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-196

  Paton, Douglas ^a   Sagala, Saut ^b   Okada, Norio ^c   Jang, Li Ju ^d   Bürgelt, Petra T ^e   Gregg, Chris E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Natural hazards; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC ACCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDONESIA; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 80052600841     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2010.0039     Document Type: Article

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