Urban–Rural Differences in Disaster Resilience

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1236-1252

  Cutter, Susan L ^a   Ash, Kevin D ^b   Emrich, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster resilience; rural; United States; urban

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84987910501     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1194740     Document Type: Article

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