Typhoon Haiyan: pushing the limits of resilience? The effect of land inequality on resilience and disaster risk reduction policies in the Philippines

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 122-135

  Walch, Colin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

inequality; land tenure; natural disasters; Philippines; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORRUPTION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; TYPHOON HAIYAN 2013;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 85041115397     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672715.2017.1401936     Document Type: Article

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