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Ken Westgate

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5

Publications

1.7K

Citations

5

H-Index

1976

Active since

Affiliations

University of Sussex(Current)

University of Bradford

Ken Westgate is an author at University of Sussex specializing in disaster risk reduction, disaster management, and disaster response.

Top concepts

Disaster ManagementDisaster Risk ReductionGeographyDisaster ResponseNatural DisastersManagementEngineeringNatural HazardsSocial SciencesCrisis Management

Publications per year

1976–2003

5

Publications

5

Taking the naturalness out of natural disasters

Phil O’Keefe, Ken Westgate, Ben Wisner · Nature · 1976 · 1K citations

Disaster Management, Natural Hazards, Geography +7

Reconstruction following disaster

Ken Westgate · Futures · 1978 · 368 citations

Engineering, Disaster Management, Disaster Resilience +5

From everyday hazards to disasters: the accumulation of risk in urban areas

L Bull-Kamanga, Khady Diagne, Allan Lavell et al. · Environment and Urbanization · 2003 · 223 citations

Urban Vulnerability, Engineering, Everyday Hazards +21

GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND LOCAL DISASTERS: THE UNTAPPED POWER OF PEOPLES‘ SCIENCE

Ben Wisner, Phil O’Keefe, Ken Westgate · Disasters · 1977 · 117 citations

Disaster Management, Disaster Vulnerability, Geography +10

Preventive planning for disasters

Phil O’Keefe, Ken Westgate · Long Range Planning · 1977 · 10 citations

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