Social Capital and Community Resilience

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 254-269

  Aldrich, Daniel P ^a   Meyer, Michelle A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community resilience; disaster; disaster recovery; mortality; public policy; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919625385     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550299     Document Type: Article

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