Assessing the vulnerability of coastal communities to extreme storms : the case of Revere, Ma., USA / George E. Clark ... [et al.].

Contributor(s):

Clark, George E

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1998Description: [23] leaves : illSubject(s):

DDC classification:

551.55 21

Subject: The ability to mitigate potential impacts from coastal flooding may be fostered by better understanding the interplay of social and physical factors that produce human vulnerability. This study does so by integrating the classic causal model of hazards with social, environmental, and spatial dynamics that lead to the differential ability of people to cope with hazards

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P551.55 ASS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011222354

From: Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change, vol. 3, 1988, pp. 59-82

Includes bibliographical references

Spiral bound

The ability to mitigate potential impacts from coastal flooding may be fostered by better understanding the interplay of social and physical factors that produce human vulnerability. This study does so by integrating the classic causal model of hazards with social, environmental, and spatial dynamics that lead to the differential ability of people to cope with hazards

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