Social vulnerability analysis for sustainable disaster mitigation planning in coastal Bangladesh

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-237

  Mallick, Bishawjit ^a   Rubayet Rahaman, Khan ^b   Vogt, Joachim ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Coastal regions; Disasters; Socio infrastructural vulnerability; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959800448     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561111141682     Document Type: Article

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