Coupled vulnerability and resilience: The dynamics of cross-scale interactions in post-Katrina new Orleans

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 25-

  Gotham, Kevin F ^a   Campanella, Richard ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Hurricane katrina; New orleans; Resilience; Trauma; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; RECONSTRUCTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053525535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04292-160312     Document Type: Article

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