Natural Disasters and Participation in Volunteer Activities: A Case Study of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-117

  Yamamura, Eiji ^a  

^a SEINAN GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Natural disasters; Social capital; Volunteer activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873460906     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apce.12005     Document Type: Article

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