Developing warning and disaster response capacity in the tourism sector in coastal Washington, USA

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-216

  Johnston, David ^a   Becker, Julia ^a   Gregg, Chris ^b   Houghton, Bruce ^c   Paton, Douglas ^d   Leonard, Graham ^a   Garside, Ruth ^e  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Natural disasters; Response time; Tidal waves; Training; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247255494     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560710739531     Document Type: Article

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