Coping with the impacts of severe flood events in Dhaka's slums - The role of social capital

Erdkunde

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-35

  Aßheuer, Tibor ^a   Thiele Eich, Insa ^b   Braun, Boris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coping; Dhaka; Flood; Megacities; Resilience; Slums; Social capital

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEGACITY; NATURAL HAZARD; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84876036002     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2013.01.03     Document Type: Article

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