Positioning resilience for 2015: The role of resistance, incremental adjustment and transformation in disaster risk management policy

Disasters

Volumn 39, Issue s1, 2015, Pages s1-s18

  Matyas, David ^a   Pelling, Mark ^b  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster risk management; Incremental adjustment; Resilience; Resistance; Transformation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISASTER PLANNING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84914814101     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12107     Document Type: Article

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