Oral traditions or situated practices? Understanding how indigenous communities respond to environmental disasters

Human Organization

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-187

  Lauer, Matthew ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

indigenous knowledge; natural disasters; situated practices; Solomon Islands; tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

NEW GEORGIA; NEW GEORGIA ISLANDS; ROVIANA LAGOON; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)]; VONAVONA;

EID: 84861326417     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.71.2.j0w0101277ww6084     Document Type: Review

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