Institutional arrangements for flood hazard management in Malaysia: An evaluation using the criteria approach

Disasters

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 206-222

  Chan, Ngai Weng ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY;

ATTITUDE; DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC POLICY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0031225021     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00057     Document Type: Review

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