Education as a determinant of response to cyclone warnings: Evidence from coastal zones in India

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Upasna ^a,b   Patwardhan, Anand ^c   Patt, Anthony G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Early warnings; Education; Traditional knowledge base; Warning response process

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EDUCATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INDIA;

EID: 84878569619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05439-180218     Document Type: Article

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