Natural environmental hazards and their management: A case study of Sagar Island, India

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-45

  Bandyopadhyay, Sunando ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MANGROVE WETLAND; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; NATURAL HAZARD;

INDIA, WEST BENGAL, SUNDARBAN, SAHAR ISLAND;

EID: 0031456768     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00003     Document Type: Article

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