The Political Determinants of the Impact of Natural Disasters: A Cross-Country Comparison

While people all over the world are vulnerable to natural disasters, the available data clearly demonstrate a great deal of cross-country variance in the impact of catastrophic events. For example, while Hurricane Mitch took an estimated 13,000 lives when it struck Honduras and Nicaragua, the str...

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Main Author: Boyd, Ezra
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2003
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/41
http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=td