Crowd disasters: A socio-technical systems perspective

Contemporary Social Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-360

  Challenger, Rose ^a   Clegg, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859495011     PISSN: 21582041     EISSN: 2158205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2011.619862     Document Type: Article

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