The importance of governance in risk reduction and disaster management

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 207-220

  Ahrens, Joachim ^a,b   Rudolph, Patrick M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33750816306     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2006.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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