Coping strategies and risk manageability: Using participatory geographical information systems to represent local knowledge

Disasters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-27

  Peters Guarin, Graciela ^a   Mccall, Michael K ^b,c   van Westen, Cees ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Community participation; Coping strategies; Flood hazards; Local spatial knowledge; Manageability; Participatory geographic information system; Risks; Seasonality; The philippines; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 83155172475     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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