Economic inequality and institutional adaptation in response to flood hazards: a historical analysis

To adequately respond to crises, adaptive governance is crucial, but sometimes institutional adaptation is constrained, even when a society is faced with acute hazards. We hypothesize that economic inequality, defined as unequal ownership of wealth and access to resources, crucially interacts with t...

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Main Authors: Bas van Bavel, Daniel R. Curtis, Tim Soens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2018-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art30/