Physical and political boundaries as barriers to the continuity of social vulnerability

Applied Geography

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  King, Robert A R ^a   Blackmore, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary issues; Community severance; Political boundaries; Social vulnerability; Spatial barriers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL BOUNDARY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84882728251     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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