Microfinance institutions and a coastal community's disaster risk reduction, response, and recovery process: A case study of Hatiya, Bangladesh

Disasters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-184

  Parvin, Gulsan Ara ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Coastal community; Disaster risk reduction (DRR); Hatiya Island; Microfinance institutions (MFIs); Recovery; Response

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFINANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIEF WORK; RISK REDUCTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; ISLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POVERTY; RELIEF WORK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; HATIYA;

EID: 84870795250     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2012.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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