Nation-building policies in Timor-Leste: Disaster risk reduction, including climate change adaptation

Disasters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 690-718

  Mercer, Jessica ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^b,c   Do Rosario, Francisco ^d   De Deus de Jesus Lima, Abilio ^e   Da Silva, Augusto ^f   Beloff, Anna Maija ^g   Mcclean, Alex ^h  

^a Secure Futures Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

^d Director of the National Disaster Management Directorate   (Timor-Leste)

^e Environment in the Ministry of Economy and Development   (Timor-Leste)

^f National Technical Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Environment Ministry of Economy and Development   (Timor-Leste)

^g International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^h Manager at Arid Edge Environmental Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Nation building; Small island developing states; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER RISK REDUCTION; HUMAN; NATION-BUILDING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES; TIMOR-LESTE;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; DISASTER RISK REDUCTION; NATION-BUILDING; SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES; TIMOR-LESTE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PLANNING; EAST TIMOR; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84908007549     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12082     Document Type: Article

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