Natural disaster management in Iran during the 1990s - Need for a new structure

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-160

  Bahrainy, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disasters; Hazards; Iran; Management

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FLOODING; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD;

IRAN;

EID: 0141639620     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2003)129:3(140)     Document Type: Article

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