Measuring people's preferences for cyclone vulnerability reduction measures in Bangladesh

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-198

  Asgary, Ali ^a   Halim, Md Abdul ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Natural disasters; Weather protection systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955625546     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561111126111     Document Type: Article

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