Urban ritual events and coping with disaster risk a case study of Lalitpur, Nepal

Journal of Applied Social Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 13-32

  Bhandari, Roshan Bhakta ^a   Okada, Norio ^a   Knottnerus, J David ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878381699     PISSN: 19367244     EISSN: 19370245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193672441100500202     Document Type: Article

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