Vulnerability assessments as a political creation: tsunami management in Portugal

Vulnerability assessments are a cornerstone of contemporary disaster research. This paper shows how research procedures and the presentation of results of vulnerability assessments are politically filtered. Using data from a study of tsunami risk assessment in Portugal, the paper demonstrates that a...

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Main Authors: Pronk, Maartje, Maat, Harro, Crane, Todd A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129482

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