Case study 3: Bangladesh floods in Bangladesh: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 53-70

  Mallick, Dwijendra Lal ^a   Rahman, Atiq ^a   Alam, Mozaharul ^a   Juel, Abu Saleh Md ^a   Ahmad, Azra N ^a   Alam, Sarder Shafiqul ^a  

^a BCAS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; NATURAL DISASTER;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 27844562665     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2005.tb00234.x     Document Type: Article

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