Differential vulnerability to hurricanes in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic: the contribution of education
The possible impacts of the level of formal education on different aspects of disaster management, prevention, alarm, emergency, or postdisaster activities, were studied in a comparative perspective for three countries with a comparable exposure to hurricane hazards but different capacities for prev...
Main Authors: | Pichler, Adelheid, Striessnig, Erich |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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The Resilience Alliance
2013
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Online Access: | http://epub.wu.ac.at/4748/1/Pichler_Striessnig_ES%2D2013%2D5774.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05774-180331 |
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