From Resistance to Resilience: Media Discourses on Urban Flood Governance in Mexico

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-26

  Rinne, Pia ^a   Nygren, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flood governance; media discourses; Mexico; resilience; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954396860     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2015.1021414     Document Type: Article

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