Triggering agents, vulnerabilities and disaster reduction: Towards a holistic paradigm

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-196

  McEntire, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis planning; Disaster management; Environmental management strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949752167     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560110395359     Document Type: Article

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