Hazard Vulnerability in Socio-Economic Context: An Example from Ecuador

How people pereceive the risks associated with natural hazards contributes to their willingness to take protective action. Such action may be constrained by prevailing socio-economic and place-specific conditions that restrict or inform the choice of protective measures available to the individual....

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Main Author: Lane, Lucille Richards
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2003
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1414
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2413&context=etd