Disaster and crisis management in Turkey: A need for a unified crisis management system

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-174

  Unlu, Ali ^a   Kapucu, Naim ^a   Sahin, Bahadir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Earthquakes; Emergency measures; Government policy; Terrorism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951439227     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561011037977     Document Type: Article

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