Reinforcing vulnerability? disaster relief, recovery, and response to the 2001 flood in rawalpindi, pakistan

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-82

  Mustafa, Daanish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Pakistan; Recovery; Relief; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FLOOD; GENDER DISPARITY; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; RAWALPINDI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4344693504     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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