Government support, social capital and adaptation to urban flooding by residents in the Pearl River Delta area, China

Habitat International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-31

  Liang, Yutian ^a,b   Jiang, Chao ^a   Ma, Li ^c   Liu, Lin ^a,b,d   Chen, Weishan ^a   Liu, Lulun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo simulation   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation measures; Government support; Social capital; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84997207015     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.11.008     Document Type: Article

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