Surprise ecologies: case studies on temporal vulnerability in four North American floodplains

When hazards, such as floods, are collectively experienced as "surprising", this heightens the shock experience and likelihood of disaster, and exacerbates its impact. I outline how such collective surprises can be seen as the outcome of a dynamic condition of vulnerability that revolves a...

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Main Author: Daniel H. de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2019-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss4/art37/