Social capital and sociological resilience in megacities context

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-71

  Lucini, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disasters; Megacities; Resilience; Risk management; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874432548     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901311299008     Document Type: Article

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