Rumours interplay in disaster management

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-350

  Molka Danielsen, Judith ^a   Beke, Thomas ^b  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communications; Disaster management; Enactment; Information; Objects; Rumours

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449110086     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2008.020413     Document Type: Article

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