Enhancing disaster resilience through local environment management: Case of Mumbai, India

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-433

  Surjan, Akhilesh ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cities; Communities; Environmental management; India; Risk management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350312658     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560910984474     Document Type: Article

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