Mapping vulnerability to climate change-related hazards: Children at risk in a US-Mexico border metropolis

Population and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-337

  Collins, Timothy W ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a   Ford, Paula ^a   Aldouri, Raed ^b   de Lourdes Romo Aguilar, María ^c   Velázquez Angulo, Gilberto ^d   Fitzgerald, Rosa ^a   Lu, Duanjun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^e JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Climate change; GIS; Hazard; Risk; US Mexico border; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BORDER REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; METROPOLITAN AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873526115     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-012-0170-8     Document Type: Article

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