Mega fires: Can they be managed effectively?

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Maditinos, Zissis ^a   Vassiliadis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Disasters; Fire; Greece; Risk management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952294735     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561111111072     Document Type: Review

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