Engaging public for building resilient communities to reduce disaster impact

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-59

  Nirupama, N ^a   Maula, Amanda ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; Community resilience; Disaster; Risk perception; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK PERCEPTION; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84873470394     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0045-9     Document Type: Article

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