Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory for modelling community resilience to natural disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-408

  Boon, Helen J ^a   Cottrell, Alison ^a   King, David ^a   Stevenson, Robert B ^a   Millar, Joanne ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory; Climate change; Community; Natural disaster; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MODELING; NATURAL DISASTER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 83855162763     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0021-4     Document Type: Article

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