Adaptation strategies in communities under precarious housing: Flooding risks in the peri-urban sector of the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 669-679

  Hernández Guerrero, Juan ^a   Vieyra Medrano, Antonio ^a   Mendoza, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Flooding; Peri urban; Precarious housing; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861211486     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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