The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Versus Disaster Risk Creation (DRC)

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lewis, James ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER RISK CREATION; DISASTER RISK REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; LANDSLIDE; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; BRAZIL; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GUYANA; HABITUATION; HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; KENYA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK; SOUTH AFRICA; TAJIKISTAN; TUVALU; VIET NAM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84867438655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/4f8d4eaec6af8     Document Type: Article

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