Future perspective of school disaster education in Nepal

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-587

  Shiwaku, Koichi ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a   Kandel, Ram Chandra ^b   Shrestha, Surya Narayan ^b   Dixit, Amod Mani ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NSET Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Communites; Disasters; Non governmental organizations; Perception; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548700884     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560710817057     Document Type: Article

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