Coping with urban flooding: A study of the 2009 kurnool floods, India

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-446

  Ramachandraiah, C ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Social Studies   (India)

Author keywords

community responses; India; Kurnool; urban floods; water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISASTER RELIEF; FLOOD; FLOODING; RECOVERY PLAN;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; KURNOOL;

EID: 80053904108     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247811418733     Document Type: Article

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