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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2018-12-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art30/ |