Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
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Reflexivity, habitus and vulnerability: Vietnamese farmers' attribution of responsibility in a post-disaster context
Tập 32 Số 2 - Trang 298-310
This article examines how farmers' assignment of responsibility for the disaster
in late 2015 – early 2016 connects with reflexivity, habitus and local
vulnerability.,This article uses semi-structured interviews with 28
disaster-affected households in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta to answer the
question.,This article finds out that Vietnamese farmers actively accepted their
responsibility for the di...
Volcanic hazard perceptions: comparative shifts in knowledge and risk
Tập 8 Số 2 - Trang 118-126
Residents of two North Island, New Zealand, communities were surveyed in March
1995 to measure their understanding of volcanic hazards. This was repeated in
November 1995, following the Ruapehu eruptions of September‐October 1995. Both
communities were subjected to intense media coverage during the 1995 Ruapehu
eruption. Whakatane was spared any direct effects, whereas Hastings experienced
the haz...
Spatial variability assessment of river‐line floods and flash floods in Himalaya : A case study using GIS
Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 135-159
– The main objective of the study is to identify the vulnerable areas for
river‐line and flash flood hazard and its mitigation through GIS Database
Management System (DBMS) of geo‐hydrometeorological parameters. The Dabka
watershed constitutes a part of the Kosi Basin in the Lesser Himalaya, India in
district Nainital has been selected for the case illustration., – The Dabka DBMS
is constituted of...