Culture of Risk in Vulnerable Communities: The Case of Barranquilla, Colombia, in the Context of Globalized (In)Security

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-442

  Restrepo, Gabriel Orozco ^a   Campis, Eliana Sanandres ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

culture; risk; security; threat; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873727170     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.755097     Document Type: Article

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