Archetypes of famine and response

Disasters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-54

  Howe, Paul ^a  

^a Uganda Country Office   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Archetypes; Famine; Response; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FAMINE; FOOD AID; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIEF WORK; STARVATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS MEDIA; RELIEF WORK; STARVATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; MALAWI; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70949104989     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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