Emergency logistics and risk mitigation in Thailand following the Asian tsunami

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-21

  Beresford, Anthony ^a   Pettit, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency logistics; Humanitarian aid models; Risk mitigation; Thailand; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650469468     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2009.026387     Document Type: Article

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