A Validation of Metrics for Community Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters Using the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina as a Case Study

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-86

  Burton, Christopher G ^a  

^a GEM Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

composite indicators; Hurricane Katrina; recovery; resilience; resilience measurement

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL HAZARD; RECOVERY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918559928     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.960039     Document Type: Article

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