Can the vulnerable be resilient? Co-existence of vulnerability and disaster resilience: Informal settlements in the Philippines

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 10, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 178-189

  Usamah, Muhibuddin ^a   Handmer, John ^a   Mitchell, David ^a   Ahmed, Iftekhar ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Informal settlements; Philippines; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907846081     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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