Living alongside a volcano in Baliau, Papua New Guinea

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-422

  Mercer, Jessica ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^b  

^a Theological Advisor to the Catholic Agency for overseas Development   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communities; Papua New Guinea; Risk Management; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956309513     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561011070349     Document Type: Article

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