Environmental disasters and disastrous policies: An overview from India

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Ray bennett, Nibedita S ^a,b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disasters; Hazards; India; Policy; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATION STATE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547096509     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00564.x     Document Type: Review

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