Flood fatalities in Australia, 1788-1996

Australian Geographer

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-408

  Coates, Lucinda ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Flood fatalities; Mortality statistics; Natural disasters; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033389147     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189993657     Document Type: Article

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