Urbanization and hydro-meteorological disaster resilience: The case of Delhi

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-19

  Prashar, Sunil Kumar ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Disaster risk; Disaster risk reduction; Epidemics; Floods; Hydro meteorological disasters; India; Institutions; Natural disasters; Risk analysis; Urban areas; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857673789     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901211201105     Document Type: Article

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