How much more exposed are the poor to natural disasters? Global and regional measurement

Disasters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-211

  Kim, Namsuk ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Natural disaster; Non poor; Poor; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; POVERTY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DISASTER; FAR EAST; HEALTH; HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; DISASTERS; FAR EAST; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POVERTY AREAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84858290290     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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