Enhancement of community preparedness for natural disasters: The role of social work in building social capital for sustainable disaster relief and management

International Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-369

  Mathbor, Golam M ^a,b  

^a Wayne D McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Bangladesh; Community participation; Natural disasters; Red crescent; Social capital; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147158281     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807076049     Document Type: Article

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