Building livelihoods to reduce risk among the most marginalized in urban areas: Strategic approaches from Dhaka

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-122

  Sanderson, David ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Disaster prediction; Risk

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; COMPLEXITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; LANDOWNERSHIP; MARGINALIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84862877165     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2011.609881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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