The diversity of resilience: Contributions from a social science perspective

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-24

  Lorenz, Daniel F ^a  

^a Disaster Research Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Coping; Participative capacity; Social resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL THEORY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84876897906     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9654-y     Document Type: Article

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