Climate change: An emergency management perspective

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-62

  Schneider, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Global warming; Natural disasters; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952301059     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561111111081     Document Type: Article

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