Inequalities in exposure and awareness of flood risk in England and Wales

Disasters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-494

  Fielding, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Flood awareness; Flood risk; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

CLASS; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FLOODING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AWARENESS; ENGLAND; FLOODS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WALES;

ENGLAND; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84862505668     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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