Rural local authorities and disaster resilience in Zimbabwe

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 810-820

  Manyena, S Bernard ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Development; Disasters; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750248922     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560610712757     Document Type: Article

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