Climate Change’s Role in Disaster Risk Reduction’s Future: Beyond Vulnerability and Resilience

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-27

  Kelman, Ilan ^a,b   Gaillard, J C ^c   Mercer, Jessica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Secure Futures   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Disaster risk reduction; Mitigation; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929416325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20950055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-015-0038-5     Document Type: Article

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