Framing vulnerability, risk and societal responses: The MOVE framework

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-211

  Birkmann, J ^a,b   Cardona, O D ^c   Carreno M L ^d   Barbat, A H ^d   Pelling, M ^b,e   Schneiderbauer, S ^f   Kienberger, S ^g   Keiler, M ^h   Alexander, D ⁱ   Zeil, P ^g   Welle, T ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING CIMNE   (Spain)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Exposure; Holistic approach; Interventions; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84877075715     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0558-5     Document Type: Article

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