Disaster risks and disaster management policies and practices in Pakistan: A critical analysis of Disaster Management Act 2010 of Pakistan

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-20

  Ahmed, Zubair ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sindh FF 2 ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction (DRR); Natural disasters; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877656583     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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