A matrix approach to community resilience assessment: an illustrative case at Rockaway Peninsula

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-218

  Fox Lent, Cate ^a   Bates, Matthew E ^a   Linkov, Igor ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community resilience; Resilience assessment; Resilience Matrix; Rockaway

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; MATRIX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ROCKAWAY PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930926662     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9555-4     Document Type: Article

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