Disaster management in Cameroon: The Lake Nyos disaster experience

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-506

  Bang, Henry Ngenyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Disaster management; Disaster survivors; Disasters; Lake Nyos disaster; Social management; Technical management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865379492     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561211256189     Document Type: Article

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