Comparing vulnerabilities: Toward charting an historical trajectory of disasters

Historical Social Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 103-114

  Bankoff, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35349025396     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: 09366784     Source Type: Journal    
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