Coping with the 1996 tornado in tangail, bangladesh: An analysis of field data

Professional Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-301

  Paul, Bimal Kanti ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Natural hazards; Ngos; Rehabilitation; Relief; Tornado

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001691947     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00121     Document Type: Article

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