Community Disaster Resilience and the Rural Resilience Index

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-237

  Cox, Robin S ^a   Hamlen, Marti ^b  

^a Royals Road University   (Canada)

^b Hamlen Management Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

community resilience; disaster; preparedness; rural resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919608132     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550297     Document Type: Article

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