Understanding the vulnerability of migrants in Shanghai to typhoons

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1189-1210

  Wang, Ming Zhu ^a   Amati, Marco ^a   Thomalla, Frank ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Hazard perception; Migrants; Risk evaluation; Socioeconomic vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COPING STRATEGY; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TYPHOON; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84855316910     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9902-9     Document Type: Article

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