Birthing sphere

Disasters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-111

  Walker, Peter ^a   Purdin, Susan ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Policy development; Sphere; Standards

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; HEALTH; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIEF WORK; TERMINOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042546685     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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