Resilience strategies of healthcare facilities: Present and future

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-276

  Achour, Nebil ^a   Price, Andrew D f ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Global warming; Health services; Natural disasters; Taiwan; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858838851     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901011080869     Document Type: Article

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