Community-based disaster management during the 1997 Red River Flood in Canada

Disasters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-191

  Buckland, Jerry ^a   Rahman, Matiur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Community response; Disaster preparedness; Flooding

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD;

CANADA; MANITOBA; RED RIVER;

EID: 0033150479     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00112     Document Type: Article

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