Why 'small is beautiful' in municipal disaster risk reduction: Evidence from the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-171

  Wilkinson, Emily ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Hurricanes; Mexico; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; DECENTRALIZATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MAP; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84862841438     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2011.609878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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