Disasters, death, and destruction making sense of recent calamities

Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue SPL.ISS. 2, 2006, Pages 138-147

  Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33751085294     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2006.83     Document Type: Article

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