Disaster relief as bad public policy

Independent Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-539

  Shughart II, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM DAMAGE;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953907850     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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