Indigenous institutions and their role in disaster risk reduction and resilience: Evidence from the 2009 Tsunami in American Samoa

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rumbach, Andrew ^a   Foley, Dolores ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Disaster management; Disaster risk reduction; Indigenous knowledge; Institutions; Resilience; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI; VILLAGE;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

EID: 84897488003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06189-190119     Document Type: Article

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