A Model of Community Response: Institutional Structures and Effective Disaster Management

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Hughey, Erin P ^a   Bell, Heather M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

comprehensive emergency management; disaster management; disaster response model; risk; The Bahamas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879782612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1944-4079.1113     Document Type: Article

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