Urbanization, Human Security and Disaster Risk in Africa

Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa

Volumn 9781849771016, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-16

  Pelling, Mark ^a   Wisner, Ben ^b  

^a Climate Change Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SECURITIES;

EID: 84857740611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771016     Document Type: Chapter

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