Managing disaster knowledge: Identification of knowledge factors and challenges

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-252

  Pathirage, Chaminda ^a   Seneviratne, Krisanthi ^a   Amaratunga, Dilanthi ^a   Haigh, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenges; Disaster management; Disasters; Knowledge factors; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866722457     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901211263620     Document Type: Article

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