A review of coastal community vulnerabilities toward resilience benefits from disaster reduction measures

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-232

  Ewing, L ^b   Flick, Reinhard E ^c,d   Synolakis, Costas E ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b California Coastal Commission   (United States)

^c California Department of Boating and Waterways   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal disasters; Community; Hurricanes; Resilience; Tsunamis; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012841916     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2010.0050     Document Type: Article

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