Disaster risk assessment in south africa: Some current challenges

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-208

  van Riet, Gideon ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster risk assessment; Disaster risk reduction; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956186240     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2009.10425108     Document Type: Article

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