The paradox of social resilience: How cognitive strategies and coping mechanisms attenuate and accentuate resilience

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 194-203

  Shaw, Duncan ^a   Scully, Judy ^b   Hart, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Flood risk; Social resilience; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898462462     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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