Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-313

  Kulatunga, Udayangani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropologist; Components of culture; Culture; Disaster risk reduction; Livelihood patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952169976     PISSN: 1648715X     EISSN: 16489179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.23     Document Type: Article

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