Urban disaster preparedness of Hong Kong residents: A territory-wide survey

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 62-69

  Lam, Rex Pui Kin ^a   Leung, Ling Pong ^a   Balsari, Satchit ^b,c   Hsiao, Kai hsun ^b   Newnham, Elizabeth ^b,d   Patrick, Kaylie ^b   Pham, Phuong ^b   Leaning, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Cross sectional studies; Disasters; Emergency preparedness; GPS spatial sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018737386     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.04.008     Document Type: Article

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