Technological disaster's criteria and models

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-311

  Shaluf, Ibrahim M ^a   Ahmadun, Fakharul Razi ^a   Mustapha, Sa'ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disasters; Hazards; Man made disasters; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344440155     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560310493114     Document Type: Article

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