What Determines Vulnerability To Floods; A Case Study In Georgetown, Guyana

Environment & Urbanization

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-226

  Pelling, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FLOOD; FLOODING; HAZARD VULNERABILITY; NATURAL HAZARD; URBAN HAZARD;

GUYANA, GEORGETOWN;

EID: 0031457292     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095624789700900116     Document Type: Article

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