Introduction: Evidence-based action in humanitarian crises

Disasters

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Dijkzeul, Dennis ^a   Hilhorst, Dorothea ^b   Walker, Peter ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Decision making; Evidence; Humanitarian action; Humanitarian studies; Methods; Research

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH METHOD;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CRISIS; DECISION-MAKING; EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMANITARIAN ACTION; HUMANITARIAN STUDIES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH;

CRISIS; DECISION-MAKING; EVIDENCE; HUMANITARIAN ACTION; HUMANITARIAN STUDIES; METHODS; RESEARCH;

ALTRUISM; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84879025749     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12009     Document Type: Article

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