Th e Role of International Boundaries in Flood Hazard, Social Vulnerability and Disaster: A Bi-National Case Study of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila and Del Rio, Texas
Th is paper investigates vulnerability and fl ood hazard in two borderland communities. A model for assessing vulnerability is applied to U.S. and Mexican communities of Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña to evaluate the spatial distribution of the characteristics of people, places, neighborhoods, and systems...
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| Autor principal: | John P. Tiefenbacher |
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| Formato: | Artículo científico |
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Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Administración
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=85903004 http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-044&d=85903004oai |
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