A Practical Approach to Building Resilience in America’s Communities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 200-219

  White, Robin K ^a   Edwards, Warren C ^a   Farrar, Ann ^a   Plodinec, M John ^b  

^a Meridian Institute   (United States)

^b Steering Committee for the Community Resilience System Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

community resilience; disaster; recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919683571     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550296     Document Type: Article

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