Measuring Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards along the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lam, Nina S N ^a   Reams, Margaret ^a   Li, Kenan ^a   Li, Chi ^b   Mata, Lillian P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LSU School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Coastal hazards; Coastal management; Community development; Disaster recovery; Resilience; Spatial analysis; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTABILITY; COASTAL HAZARDS; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DISASTER RECOVERY; RESILIENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL HAZARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954549358     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000193     Document Type: Article

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