Planning to rescue Kuwait's oil wells: An environmental issue

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-521

  Al Damkhi, Ali Mohamed ^a  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Disasters; Environmental management; Kuwait; Oil industry; Sabotage; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548694376     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560710817002     Document Type: Article

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