Structural adjustment, urban systems, and disaster vulnerability in developing countries

Cities

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-299

  Hamza, Mohamed ^a   Zetter, Roger ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; NATURAL HAZARD; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 0032144446     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(98)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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