Multiple disasters and policy responses in pre- and post-independence Orissa, India

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-290

  Ray Bennett, Nibedita S ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Disaster policy; India; Multiple disasters; Orissa; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; INDIA; MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK;

DISASTER PLANNING; INDIA; POLICY MAKING; RELIEF WORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 59549095141     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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