Participatory action research for dealing with disasters on islands

Island Studies Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-86

  Kelman, Ilan ^a   Lewis, James ^b   Gaillard, J C ^c   Mercer, Jessica ^d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b Datum International   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Oxfam Australia ^*  (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Islandness; Participatory action research; Resilience; Scale; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866047460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17152593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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