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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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 |