The (in)visible victims of disaster: Understanding the vulnerability of undocumented Latino/a and indigenous immigrants
2020/08/07 by Michael Méndez, Genevieve Flores-Haro, Lucas Zucker · 235 citations
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration #Computer security #Criminology #Disaster Management and Resilience #Disaster Response and Management #Geography #Immigration #Indigenous #Law #Political science #Sociology #Vulnerability (computing)
paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.07.007
published in Geoforum 116, 50-62 (Elsevier BV)
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