After Fukushima: Reflections on risk and institutional learning in an era of mega-crises

Public Administration

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-113

  't Hart, Paul ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands School of Public Administration   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84875680492     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12021     Document Type: Article

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