How do links between households and NGOs promote disaster resilience and recovery?: A case study of linking social networks on the Bangladeshi coast

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1707-1727

  Islam, Rabiul ^a,b   Walkerden, Greg ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh coast; Cyclone Sidr; Disaster resilience and recovery; Linking social networks; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RECOVERY PLAN; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BANGLADESH;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84938993488     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1797-4     Document Type: Article

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