Linking experience, education, perception and earthquake preparedness

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-49

  Shaw, Rajib ^a,b   Shiwaku, Koichi ^b   Kobayashi, Hirohide ^b   Kobayashi, Masami ^b  

^a United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Education; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947637049     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560410521689     Document Type: Article

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