Social capital and changes in post-disaster recovery process: Observations from China after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Volumn 18, Issue , 2017, Pages 15-36

  Han, Ziqiang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

China; Disasters; Social capital; Social change; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029324001     PISSN: 20407262     EISSN: 20407270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/s2040-726220160000018002     Document Type: Chapter

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