Place- and Age-Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction for Hong Kong: Collaborative Place Audit and Social Vulnerability Index for Elders

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 121-133

  Sun, Yi ^a,b   Chau, Pui Hing ^c   Wong, Moses ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Hong Kong; Place audit; Social capital; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 85021652102     PISSN: 20950055     EISSN: 21926395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-017-0128-7     Document Type: Article

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