What's in a name: Social vulnerabilities and the refugee controversy in the wake of hurricane Katrina

Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 29-40

  Gemenne, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 79251471630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12416-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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